Apache per-user directory setup

[Gentoo Bob]

I have apache installed and I have it all setup so that when I create a user, in their home directory i created a folder called public_html and then that user can upload web content. Users then can browse to their site by going to http://mywebaddress.com/~usersname

How can I get apache to show a different or default page if the user does not have a index.html file in their public_html folder.

Cause if they dont, you get a 401 saying you dont have permissions to view, etc. So id like apache to default to something else if the user doesnt have a index.html.

Can anyone help? thanks in advance.

[neogranas]

In the /etc/skel/ directory set up the directory structure you want, and put the index file you want in the document root that will be created. That should do the trick.