The following reply was made to PR mod_access/480; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bob Mikrut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: mod_access/480: Symlinks still followed even if FollowSymLinks not in options Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 23:32:53 -0600 (MDT) On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Bob Mikrut wrote: > Marc, > > Well, yes, it did work. I changed /home/*/WWW to > /u/*/WWW and it no longer allowed the link to be followed. > > This is not what I would have expected. The real name of > the filesystem is /home (/u is a symlin from / to it). > I was sure that I needed to use the real name of it!?!?!?!? > > Oh, well, now we're both happy. You don't have a bug and > I get the feature. > > Sorry to trouble you and thanks for the fast response. > It should depend on what is listed in the password file; if a user's home directory is listed as in /u/, you need /u/ while if it is in /home/ you need /home/. If you have both, you may need to put both in.
