>Number: 4440 >Category: os-linux >Synopsis: Apache does not follow symbolic links across different file >systems but reports Forbidden instead. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Tue May 18 11:10:04 PDT 1999 >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.3.1 >Environment: >Description: Apache does not follow symbolic links (although asked to) across file systems.
When you have for instance 3 file systems linked as show by the following df output : Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/hda1 297792 69929 227863 23% / /dev/hda3 49863 11921 37942 24% /var /dev/hda4 6777378 683893 6093485 10% /home and in / is a symbolic link called usr wich points to the directory /home/usr and you put an alias direct in the configuration files of apache like the following : Alias /error/ /usr/error/ (wich is actually /home/usr/error) then when trying to access http://servername.foo.com/error/document.html you get a Forbidden (403 ?) answer from the server ... >How-To-Repeat: Look in full description for example. >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] [you need to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line ] [and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] [automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ] [If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request ] [from a developer. ] [Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ] >uname -a Linux zardo.on-line.be 2.0.34 #1 Fri Aug 28 19:39:04 PDT 1998 mips unknown
