Problems with the symlink

[sigaretim]

Hi there, I have a problem with a symlink. I want to give ln -s /folder1/domainname1/folder2/domainname1/public_html/symlinkedfolder to /folder1/domainname2/folder2/domainname2/public_html/. These folders are in the /www directory, which is mounted as a partition.

Sites works in a jail, and folder2 is the "home" directory in the jail. So, when I make a symlink from the /www symlink it doesn't work

Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible

When I make a link with /folder2/domainname2/public_html it works! But with /folder1/... it doesn't. How to fix this problem?

 

[jgillich]

You need to set the FollowSymLinks option for the directory. Also make sure that the www user (or whatever user Apache runs under) has access rights.

 

[ShelLuser]

Although @jgillich is absolutely right up there you might also want to consider using SymlinksIfOwnerMatch instead. This does basically the same thing, but also checks that the owner of the symlink matches the owner of the target.

This can greatly help to enhance security because if Apache should blindly follow symlinks then it's theoretically possible for people to create symlinks pointing in all sorts of wild directions.