/me on the net!

Nginx doesn't have mod_userdir like Apache, but the behavior can be emulated by the following configuration snippet.


# userdir simulation
location ~ /~([^/]+)($|/.*)$ {
  alias /home/$1/public_html$2;
  error_page 404 = @404;
  autoindex on;
}
location @404 {
  return 404;
}

Putting these location directives in a virtual host config section will let the virtual host publish user's public_html directories.