On Thursday 08 September 2005 15:09, the author Dukkefup Mun contributed to the dialogue on- RE: [users@httpd] Proper configuration of FollowSymLinks in 2.0.54: >Using "Options All" under 2.054 does not give you everything explicitly. > You need to define +FollowSymLinks in order to be able to traverse > SymLinks. Same as if you want to explicitly allow CGI with +ExecCGI. That > should work for you. >~~John Aldrich > > > From: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@xxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [users@httpd] Proper configuration of FollowSymLinks in 2.0.54 >Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:53:30 -0400 > > What is the proper way to configure FollowSymLinks in 2.0.54? > >I'm having a problem getting this to work at all - after reading the manual, > searching for examples, it seems fairly straightforward; however, every > combination I try fails with: Symbolic link not allowed. > >I am suspicious that I've hit a bug, and actually filed a bug report, to > which detractors insist there is no bug. > >I tried a stripped-down httpd.conf that has basically this: > >DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/data: > > ><Directory /> > Options All ></Directory> > >The symlink is in the DocumentRoot as: > >files -> /usr/local/shares/directory > >I tried specifying the directory in different ways: > > ><Direcotory "/files"> > ><Direcotry "/usr/local/www/data/files"> > ><Directory "/usr/local/shares/files"> > >the last option isn't valid, but I tried it anyway. > >This does *not* work, and I'm completely puzzled. > >What's more, the same configuration works fine under 1.3.x, using just a > Directory pointer to /symlinkname. > >I'd appreciate some clarification/examples of how to do this properly under > 2.0.54. > > >Thanks. > > I would concur there are problems with Symlinks in this version. I got so frustrated that I changed my data storage structure so I did not have to use them. I think the documentation is also poor and lacks examples. david 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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