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Apache & symbolic links

hi

here is the scenario:

my apache rootdir is /usr/local/apache
now, because i don't have enought free space on my server 2 put up some stuff that i need to share thru the web (no it's not pr0n :p), i mounted my other share (on another box) to /stuff.

I made in Apache rootdir a symbolic link that shows --> /stuff (ln -s /stuff /usr/local/apache/stuff

i want this folder to be browsable thrue web (+Indexes).

My Q is, how should lines in httpd.conf look, to allow me this symlinks? I know i've allready once done that, but i forgot what was the syn tax... :(

here is what error_log has to say, when trying to reach this http:\\195.66.25.130\stuff:

[Wed Jan 22 12:46:26 2003] [error] [client 195.66.25.130] Symbolic link not allowed: /usr/local/apache/Stuff/

--zeky:study:

Check the httpd.conf file. There is an option you can set called

FollowSymLinks

eg:

Code:

#

# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your

# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but

# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.

#

DocumentRoot "/var/www/htdocs"



#

# Each directory to which Apache has access, can be configured with respect

# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that

# directory (and its subdirectories).

#

# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of

# permissions.

#

<Directory />

    Options FollowSymLinks

    AllowOverride None

</Directory>



#

# Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow

# particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as

# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it

# below.

#



#

# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.

#

<Directory "/var/www/htdocs">



#

# 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 Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

# 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>

An example from my httpd.conf set for working symlinks.

Hi Thanks For the reply

I changed my httpd.conf to

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>

AllowOverride All

in order to let it allow symbolic link, then restarted apache but I am still getting the browser message and that the requested URL counld not be found.

The apache error_log still still shows the error :error <clinet IP address> file does not exist usr/local/apache2/htdocs/usr

just another question does apache set a symbolic link at the install for htdocs??

Thanks
m

Hi
You would find an entry like this for your Document root, for ex,

<Directory "/var/www/htdocs">

in the httpd.conf. Allow the same thing there and restart httpd and see what happens

FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None

--Ukesh Upendran