Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 13:30:12 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: "Dr. Richard E. Hawkins" <hawk@slytherin.ds.psu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: symlinking from www area to files in home directory? Message-ID: <3E1333B4.6060005@mac.com> References: <20030101180249.GA57160@slytherin.ds.psu.edu>
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Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote: > I have made symlinks from /usr/local/www/data/<stuff> to within > www in my home directory. > > Some of the files for the class web sites (handouts, syllabi) are just > copies of things elsewhere in my home directory. > > I'd like to symlink from within www to these (and they have 644 > permissions), but apparently the lack of world execute permissions on > the directories is causing permission problems--and real links get out > of sync when I update the files. Make sure that you have FollowSymLinks enabled, for one. Next, you're right that directories need the execute bit set, but if you make the files group-owned by a group that the webserver runs as (perhaps "www-data"?), you can get by with 750 permissions on directories, and 640 permissions on files. -Chuck To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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