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Date:      10 Sep 2005 08:37:41 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sysctl or system tweak for symbolic links?
Message-ID:  <44wtlp3xpm.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <4321D164.5000602@forrie.com>
References:  <4321D164.5000602@forrie.com>

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Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> writes:

> Using FreeBSD_6.0_Beta4 (applies to Beta2, also).
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.

Seems like an Apache issue to me.
Why do you think it has anything to do with the OS?



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