Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:15:08 +0200 (CEST) From: "Julien Gabel" <jpeg@thilelli.net> To: "Forrest Aldrich" <forrie@forrie.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysctl or system tweak for symbolic links? Message-ID: <54399.192.168.1.20.1126354508.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> In-Reply-To: <4321D164.5000602@forrie.com> References: <4321D164.5000602@forrie.com>
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> Using FreeBSD_6.0_Beta4 (applies to Beta2, also). Not related to FreeBSD versions, i think. > I'm trying to track down a problem I've been having with apache-2.0.54 > not following symbolic links. > > It's basically come down to my being able to follow the link if it's in > the same directory structure (ie: .. or /path/to/..), but fails if the > symbolic link is located elsewhere (ie: /usr/local/path/directory) or on > another disk. It is the `normal' behaviour for Apache, AFAIK. > I wonder if there's a sysctl or other system variable that handles the > behavior of or access to symbolic links in this fashion that I may have > missed. Seemed like a reasonable conclusion after these tests have > been failing, though it could be something else, too. Don't know if it is possible (and advisable) to succeed in following an external link this way. More help/answers may be obtain from the Apache people, since it seems more an httpd configuration trick, than a FreeBSD one. -- -jpeg.
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