builtin httpd + pub dirs = snafu

["Eric d'Halibut" <eric.halibut%gmail.com@localhost>]

I want the included (with the distro) httpd to read users' public_html
dirs. The man page suggests 'public_html' is the default for
translating /~user/ e.g. to /home/user/public_html.

So, for a typical user, let's call him "Bob," I have a
/home/bob/public_html/index.html file set up.

httpd complains however:

-snip-
   404 Not Found

   ~bob/index.html:
This item has not been found
-snip-

Thoughts, anyone?


-- 
No no no, my fish's name is Eric, Eric the fish. He's an halibut. I am
not a looney! Why should I be tarred with the epithet looney merely
because I have a pet halibut?