I'm trying to execute a PHP symbolic link file from my site but no can do. It gives me a:

"You don't have permission to access test.php on this server"

I chmod the symbolic link file and original file to 777 and still no luck. What am I missing to allow this symbolic link work?

-Rico

Look for the Options statements in your httpd.conf. Add FollowSymLinks to whichever paragraph seems appropriate.

I tried your advice and added these line of code:

<Directory /usr/share/links>
Options FollowSymLinks
</Directory>

I did a "service httpd restart" and still doesn't work. Do I need an "allow" statement in there?

Rico

I figured that you could have added it you could have added it to one of your existing Options statements. Is /usr/share/links within your DocumentRoot? Some snippets of your httpd.conf might help.

OK...I followed your advice and just place a test.php file from an existing directory that has the Options FollowSymLinks and still get permission errors.

httpd.conf

# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#
<Directory /var/www/html>

#
# This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes",
# "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews".
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
Options FollowSymLinks Includes

#
# This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can
# override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo",
# "AuthConfig", and "Limit"
#
AllowOverride All

#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/html">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

what are the permissions on the file you are linking to?