Mini How to for creating user web space (SME7) You want to allow your users to have public web space accessable by http://www.your_domain/~user_name This rpm by Damien Curtain, modified by Jean-Philippe PIALASSE will install the custom templates. # rpm -ivh smeserver-user-webspace-0.1-5-SME7.noarch.rpm answer YES to the question you can put a default index.html in /etc/e-smith/skel/user/home/public_html that will appear in the users webspace when the user is created Note: this will create user webspace for NEW users AND EXISTING users. If at any stage you want to disable user webspace # /sbin/e-smith/config set UserPublicWeb off # /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf # service httpd restart or to re-enable # /sbin/e-smith/config set UserPublicWeb on # /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf # service httpd restart Usual disclaimer: You are responsible for any changes you make to your server.