`Apache` `localhost/~username/` not working

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UPDATE: The following answer will also work for El Capitan.

For people who just start, the file mentioned below is under /etc/apache2

For th

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Answer from user3814420 is correct if you use path to you project.

But if you still have issue like I had, when using virtual host:

One caveat to note about virtual hosts is that once set up you lose your older document root previously at /LIbrary/WebServer/Documents or accessed in the browser at localhost what happens is that you get a 403 Forbidden Error. But the ~/username document root is still compatible.

To get around this, you need to add in a vhost for localhost and declare this vhost before any of the others, in the same file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Add in:

ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot /Library/WebServer/Documents/

Restart apache

sudo apachectl restart

Changing the WebServer Default User

One of the frustrations of using the Users/username/Sites folder for vhosts is the permissions issues with things like updates and authentication.

This is because the default webserver user which runs httpd is known as _www, which will not be the user in your local account. If your machine is only in use by you and the webserver will run only under your account then you can change the user.

To Find Your User and Group In the Terminal use the id command to see your username and group

id

You will get a bunch of user groups, you need your primary user uid and group gid names

uid=502(your_user_name) gid=20(staff)

After edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

find block

and comment

#User _www
#Group _www

after add new 2 line user uid and in my case group gid defined with id command above:

User your_user_name
Group staff

Source: http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/set-virtual-hosts-apache-mac-osx-10-10-yosemite/