Zingman — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:58:57 +0000

Thanks guys. I feel like I'm playing with the obvious and going in circles.

Should it be as easy as -

cd /usr/local
mkdir whatever
move stuff into whatever
chmod -Rf 7?? whatever
cd /var/www/html
ln -s /usr/local/whatever whatever

and then simply make sure that the sym and the orginal locale are all the same user (for example root or apache) ??

If httpd is dialed to apache:apache, would this be the correct user?

Do I need to bother with directives in my Apache CONF file for directories in usr/local??

How would one configure Apache and/or Linux so users can visit www and access /whatever without me giving unnecessary rights and access to /usr/local(aren't user rights recursive?) ??

Thanks again,

Eric

mairving — Mon, 07 Jun 2004 16:46:06 +0000

As Bob said, make sure that you set the permissions not on the link but on the folder and files where the symlink points to. You should also make sure that the option FollowSymLinks is either enabled for the directory that the symlink is in or globally in your httpd.conf file.

If you are still having problems, try changing the directory from the symlinked one to the one that the files are in. If the problem goes away, then it is a followsymlinks problem. If it doesn't, then it is a permissions problem. Also check your logs for errors.