Why does symlinks are not enabled - apache

Question

I have mapped my apache to the root /var/www/vhosts. If I put there files/folders, I see them and can surf to them. But, If I put symlinks in /var/www/vhosts I get 403 - no permissions.
I have the following directives for this folder:

<Directory "/var/www/vhosts">
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
   AllowOverride All
</Directory>

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '10 at 17:20

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Where are the symlinks to? What are the permissions/owner/group on these files? Do an ll on the directory above so we can see if that's the issue. When you are on the server, are you able to navigate these symlinks ok?

answered Feb 26 '10 at 17:20

AliGibbs

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An `ll`? I'm presuming you have `ll` aliased to `ls -l`. – DaveG Feb 26 '10 at 17:42
Sorry, yes, that's what I meant – AliGibbs Feb 26 '10 at 20:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '10 at 17:17

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What are the symlinks to?

What are the permissions on the data being symlinked?

What user and group does Apache run as in your config?

answered Feb 26 '10 at 17:17

Warner

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 26 '10 at 21:00

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You have to make sure that apache has read permissions on the files you are trying to serve.

answered Feb 26 '10 at 21:00

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Why does symlinks are not enabled - apache

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