try this ln -s redirected-path /www/html/target in unix console ln -s /home/kdo/working/excessinv /var/www/html/excessinv where exessinv will be visible like a map accessing this will redirect to /home/kdo/working/excessinv ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Li" <cli168@xxxxxxxxx> To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:37 PM Subject: RE: [users@httpd] Trying to access directory index outside doc root > Instead of using Alias, what about using soft link to > the directory? > > What are the pros and cons of these methods? > > --- "Wagner, Aaron" <aaron.wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Old [mailto:kevinold@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 1:31 PM > > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [users@httpd] Trying to access directory > > index outside doc root > > > > Hello, > > > > My document root is /var/www/html and I'm trying to > > show a directory > > index of all of the files in > > /home/kdo/working/excessinv on the same > > server. > > > > I've tried all variations of the configurations > > below and haven't had > > any luck. I'm running 1.3.27 on a RH 7.3 server. > > > > Alias /excessinvarch/ /home/kdo/working/excessinv > > > > <Directory "/home/kdo/working/excessinv"> > > Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks > > Order allow,deny > > Allow from all > > </Directory> > > > > Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? > > > > Any help is appreciated! > > -- > > Kevin Old > > kevinold@xxxxxxxxx > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The official User-To-User support forum of the > > Apache HTTP Server > > Project. > > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for > > more info. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > " from the digest: > > users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > Use Alias....... > > > > > > Alias /MRODocs "file://crprchfnp05/e2e monitoring east/" > > > > > > > > aaron > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The official User-To-User support forum of the > > Apache HTTP Server Project. > > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for > > more info. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > " from the digest: > > users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. > http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx