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Old 08-07-2014, 01:48 PM   #1
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Apache fails to follow symlink


Apache error log: "Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible"

my html files in /home/user/public_html/
I've create sym link from /home/user/public_html/ to /data1/foo/files2/

but when Apache tries to access /data1/foo/files2/i.jpg it fails.

I've chown-ed the entire path with the user as owner and group (not apache user) and also have execute permissions in the path.

I have "Options +FollowSymLinks" in httpd.conf and .htacess

any ideas?
 
Old 08-07-2014, 02:38 PM   #2
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did you configure that option in the httpd.conf file ?

also links across partitions are not recommended and sometimes blocked by the OS

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Old 08-07-2014, 02:39 PM   #3
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which option? follow symlinks? yes, I did.
 
Old 08-07-2014, 03:38 PM   #4
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Do you have selinux on?

If yes, check the message and http/error_log to see if Apache is allowed to access that directory.
 
Old 08-07-2014, 11:40 PM   #5
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# sestatus
SELinux status: enabled
SELinuxfs mount: /selinux
Current mode: permissive
Mode from config file: disabled
Policy version: 24
Policy from config file: targeted

What do you mean by "check the message"?
in httpd error log I see "Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible"

thanks for you help
 
Old 08-08-2014, 12:54 AM   #6
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Check /var/log/message...that is where selinux messages typically go, but you have it set as permissive. If it was strict, you'd see something like "Selinux is preventing httpd from accessing..." messages.

Go with what the error_log says...

1. Sym link not allowed, but you have it ON. grep all the http conf files for all FollowSymLink options. You may have them turned off again at a lower directory level.
2. link target not accessible: Which means the target directory is not r_x (read, executable) by the apache server.
 
Old 08-08-2014, 06:22 AM   #7
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I couldn't find any conf file with -FollowSymLink and I tried to change the ownership of each folder to "apache" and it didn't help
 
Old 08-08-2014, 06:37 AM   #8
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Maybe it's important to mention that the link points to a folder outside the home dir of the user and outside of the doc root.

I tried to create link inside the public_html folder and it worked well, so the problem is not FollowSymLink for sure

any ideas?
 
Old 08-08-2014, 09:16 AM   #9
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Did you check that the user and group permissions of your link and target were accessible to the apache process?

Provide an ls -l of the link and ls -ld of the target.

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