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Hello, |
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> I put in a symlink /home -> /local/allan/gottlieb |
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> so that programs looking in /home would be happy. |
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> I had /etc/passwd say /local/allan/gottlieb since it is the real |
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> directory. |
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> apache doesn't like this. There is probably an option to let it do this |
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> since it has several options on symlinks |
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It's not about liking... mod_userdir automatically maps a URL in the |
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form ~/foo onto user foo's home dir, as it is recorded in the system's |
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user database. If you put /local/allan/gottlieb there, apache tries to |
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serve files directly from /local/allan/gottlieb. |
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The default mod_userdir configuration |
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(/etc/apache2/modules.d/00_mod_userdir.conf, of which you pasted an |
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excerpt in the other email) only sets an "Allow from all" for |
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directories in the form "/home/*/public_html", which does not include |
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anything under /local. |
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You can either change your home directory, or add |
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<Directory /local/allan/gottlieb> |
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Order allow,deny |
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Allow from all |
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[whatever other options you need] |
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</Directory> |
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in the apache config for the virtualhost you're using. |
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As for the "FollowSymlinks" and "SymlinksIfOwnerMatch" options, I'm not |
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sure they apply here: they should only affect whether the server follows |
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symlinks *within* the document root, not symlinks in the path *leading |
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to* the document root. |
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andrea |
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