So, if one of the users in his home directory creates a hard link to C:/ there is no way I could configure the web server to avoid following that hard link..following the link would display the contents of the "C:/" Neelay --- "William A. Rowe, Jr." <wrowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Neelay Shah wrote: > > 2. Is there a way for me to configure apache so as > to > > disable showing/following hard links... > > Look at your operating system and prevent them from > existing. > > A hard link is exactly what it says it is; once one > is created between > the directory /foo and the directory /bar, there is > no distinguishing > foo and bar. They are idential entries pointing to > the same mapping > in your file system. > > Ain't nothing Apache or any other app can do about > it once you allow > them to be created; this is why hardlinking is > protected on most > modern operating systems. > > Bill > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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