If root dir starts with /, don't use /var/www as default starting point

Author: jonscottclark

virtualhost.sh

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TEXTDOMAIN=virtualhost
 ### Set default parameters
 action=$1
 domain=$2
-rootdir=$3
+rootDir=$3
 owner=$(who am i | awk '{print $1}')
 email='webmaster@localhost'
 sitesEnable='/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/'
@@ -32,10 +32,17 @@ do
 	read domain
 done
 
-if [ "$rootdir" == "" ]; then
+if [ "$rootDir" == "" ]; then
 	rootdir=${domain//./}
 fi
 
+### if root dir starts with '/', don't use /var/www as default starting point
+if [[ "$rootDir" =~ ^/ ]]; then
+	userDir=''
+fi
+
+rootDir=$userDir$rootDir
+
 if [ "$action" == 'create' ]
 	then
 		### check if domain already exists
@@ -45,18 +52,18 @@ if [ "$action" == 'create' ]
 		fi
 
 		### check if directory exists or not
-		if ! [ -d $userDir$rootdir ]; then
+		if ! [ -d $rootDir ]; then
 			### create the directory
-			mkdir $userDir$rootdir
+			mkdir $rootDir
 			### give permission to root dir
-			chmod 755 $userDir$rootdir
+			chmod 755 $rootDir
 			### write test file in the new domain dir
-			if ! echo "<?php echo phpinfo(); ?>" > $userDir$rootdir/phpinfo.php
+			if ! echo "<?php echo phpinfo(); ?>" > $rootDir/phpinfo.php
 			then
 				echo $"ERROR: Not able to write in file $userDir/$rootdir/phpinfo.php. Please check permissions"
 				exit;
 			else
-				echo $"Added content to $userDir$rootdir/phpinfo.php"
+				echo $"Added content to $rootDir/phpinfo.php"
 			fi
 		fi
 
@@ -66,11 +73,11 @@ if [ "$action" == 'create' ]
 			ServerAdmin $email
 			ServerName $domain
 			ServerAlias $domain
-			DocumentRoot $userDir$rootdir
+			DocumentRoot $rootDir
 			<Directory />
 				AllowOverride All
 			</Directory>
-			<Directory $userDir$rootdir>
+			<Directory $rootDir>
 				Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
 				AllowOverride all
 				Require all granted
@@ -96,9 +103,9 @@ if [ "$action" == 'create' ]
 		fi
 
 		if [ "$owner" == "" ]; then
-			chown -R $(whoami):$(whoami) $userDir$rootdir
+			chown -R $(whoami):$(whoami) $rootDir
 		else
-			chown -R $owner:$owner $userDir$rootdir
+			chown -R $owner:$owner $rootDir
 		fi
 
 		### enable website
@@ -108,7 +115,7 @@ if [ "$action" == 'create' ]
 		/etc/init.d/apache2 reload
 
 		### show the finished message
-		echo -e $"Complete! \nYou now have a new Virtual Host \nYour new host is: http://$domain \nAnd its located at $userDir$rootdir"
+		echo -e $"Complete! \nYou now have a new Virtual Host \nYour new host is: http://$domain \nAnd its located at $rootDir"
 		exit;
 	else
 		### check whether domain already exists
@@ -131,13 +138,13 @@ if [ "$action" == 'create' ]
 		fi
 
 		### check if directory exists or not
-		if [ -d $userDir$rootdir ]; then
+		if [ -d $rootDir ]; then
 			echo -e $"Delete host root directory ? (y/n)"
 			read deldir
 
 			if [ "$deldir" == 'y' -o "$deldir" == 'Y' ]; then
 				### Delete the directory
-				rm -rf $userDir$rootdir
+				rm -rf $rootDir
 				echo -e $"Directory deleted"
 			else
 				echo -e $"Host directory conserved"