apache2 vhst problem -- Symbolic link not allowed

Hello list,

I have a typical problem in my apache2 server running on opensuse 11
server. I like to add the Followsymlinks option in vhost. Previously I
put the setting in .htaccess and it was running fine. But to get the
performance benefit I move the settings in the vhost configuration.
To enable symlinks I put

`````````````````````


Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks

# .htaccess slows down apache; only use it when required #
AllowOverride All
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all


```````````````````````````````````

I have restarted apache but still I can't access the site. log reports

``````````````
Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible
``````````````````

Though everything runs well if I put the symlinks option in .htaccess
Any clue ?
Thanks


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Re: apache2 vhst problem -- Symbolic link not allowed

On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 17:30 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I have a typical problem in my apache2 server running on opensuse 11
> server. I like to add the Followsymlinks option in vhost. Previously I
> put the setting in .htaccess and it was running fine. But to get the
> performance benefit I move the settings in the vhost configuration.
> To enable symlinks I put
>
> `````````````````````
>
>
> Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
>
> # .htaccess slows down apache; only use it when required #
> AllowOverride All
> Options None
> Order allow,deny
> Allow from all
>
>
> ```````````````````````````````````
>
> I have restarted apache but still I can't access the site. log reports
>
> ``````````````
> Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible
> ``````````````````
>
> Though everything runs well if I put the symlinks option in .htaccess
> Any clue ?
> Thanks
>
>

You're setting Options twice for that directory, the first time removing
Indexes and adding FollowSymLinks, and the second removing all options.
See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options

Cheers

Tom


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Re: apache2 vhst problem -- Symbolic link not allowed

Tom Evans wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 17:30 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote:
>
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I have a typical problem in my apache2 server running on opensuse 11
>> server. I like to add the Followsymlinks option in vhost. Previously I
>> put the setting in .htaccess and it was running fine. But to get the
>> performance benefit I move the settings in the vhost configuration.
>> To enable symlinks I put
>>
>> `````````````````````
>>
>>
>> Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
>>
>> # .htaccess slows down apache; only use it when required #
>> AllowOverride All
>> Options None
>> Order allow,deny
>> Allow from all
>>
>>
>> ```````````````````````````````````
>>
>> I have restarted apache but still I can't access the site. log reports
>>
>> ``````````````
>> Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible
>> ``````````````````
>>
>> Though everything runs well if I put the symlinks option in .htaccess
>> Any clue ?
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>
> You're setting Options twice for that directory, the first time removing
> Indexes and adding FollowSymLinks, and the second removing all options.
> See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
>

Thanks a lot for your response. I have changed the .htaccess part as

``````````````
# .htaccess slows down apache; only use it when required #
AllowOverride All
#Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
```````````````````

and now no problem with symlinks. Hope it does not effect .htaccess

thanks

> Cheers
>
> Tom
>
>
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