I tried that one too, but no luck. Thanks for the response. -Jason
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Rainer Jung <rainer.j...@kippdata.de>wrote: > On 21.09.2010 22:18, J Greenbaum wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm having trouble configuring apache so that the public_html folder can >> be a symbolic link to another directory. On my Ubuntu 10.04 >> installation, my userdir.conf file includes the 'FollowSymLinks' option >> for the /home/*/public_html directories. However, if I try to access my >> user directory from a browser >> 'http://localhost/~username<http://localhost/%7Eusername>', >> I get a 403 >> Forbidden error. In the apache error log, it says: >> >> Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible: >> /home/username/public_html >> >> I have ruled out the possibility that this is a permission problem since >> I can access the directory directly rather than through the symbolic link. >> >> Any ideas would be appreciated. >> > > Could it be "SymLinksIfOwnerMatch": > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#options > > Regards, > > Rainer >
