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Date:      Fri, 12 Oct 2001 15:40:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
To:        "Gerald T. Freymann" <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
Cc:        A N Cameron <camcom@optonline.net>, free bsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Apache Question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110121540060.3709-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <012001c15356$8f4ac760$0f01a8c0@phantom>

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But symlinking out of your DocumentRoot (which is presumably
/home/user/web/htdocs) is a BIG security hole.  You'll have to turn on
Options AllowSymLinks for that to work, too.

-- 
Matthew Emmerton      || matt@gsicomp.on.ca
GSI Computer Services || http://www.gsicomp.on.ca

On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Gerald T. Freymann wrote:

> You create a symbolic link
> 
> ln -s /home/user/web/phpshop /home/user/web/htdocs/phpshop
> 
> or is that the other way around? hee hee.
> 
> ln -s /home/user/web/htdocs/phpshop /home/user/web/phpshop
> 
> gf.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A N Cameron" <camcom@optonline.net>
> To: "free bsd" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 3:19 PM
> Subject: Apache Question
> 
> 
> Ok Got a problem;)  I need to do a directory alias and I'm not sure what to
> put in the command line heres what I need to do:
> 
> I need theb browser pointing to
> 
> http://yourdomain.com/phpshop
> 
> to point to:
> /home/user/web/phpshop
> 
> NOT
> /home/user/web/httpdocs/phpshop
> 
> Any one know how to do this?
> I thought it was just Directory Alias but I gues not;)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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