# .htaccess redirect to /~user/

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htaccess-redirect-to-user/89103>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [May 5, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htaccess-redirect-to-user/89103 "2005-05-05T01:17:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![MTsoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MTsoul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MTsoul)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htaccess-redirect-to-user/89103/1 "2005-05-05T01:17:53Z")

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Hey all,

I got a really tricky problem here. I have the folder /folder/ and I want every request to that folder to redirect to the folder /~user/. But /~user/ is a private folder, only accesssible by the user. (this is a linux system with user management). Therefore, permission is denied. Is there a way around this?

Thanks! 😃