cd <your tomcat dir>
find . -type f -exec grep -Hie symlink "{}" \;

-----Original Message-----
From: Denny Chambers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 26 September, 2002 10:40 AM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: Symlinks


Where is this turned off at? The server I tested against was 4.1.10, but
I did change the server.xml file, so if it is in there I guess I could
have messed it up. Also, I did not start the server with a -security
option, does that matter?

Thanks,
Denny

Turner, John wrote:

>Symlinks are off by default in 4.1.10 and higher.  Check the online release
>notes for more information.
>
>John
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Denny Chambers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 12:30 PM
>>To: Tomcat Users List
>>Subject: Symlinks
>>
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>    Is there any way to tell Tomcat to not follow symlinks?
>>If not how
>>can I protect my server against malicious symlinks? Is the
>>java.io.FilePermissions smart enough to figure these out?
>>
>>For example if I give read access only to directory "foo" through the
>>java.io.FilePermissions, but inside of "foo", there is a symlink that
>>points to a file "bar", which really exists outside of the directory
>>"foo". Is the Security Manager smart enough to catch this.
>>
>>I have also found that while I can't see a WEB-INF directory from the
>>browser using a URL like so:
>>
>>    http://myserver:8080/myapp/WEB-INF/,
>>
>>I can create a symlink in $CATALINA_HOME/webapp/myapp/ which
>>points to a
>>WEB-INF directory, then I can see that directory as plane as day. How
>>can you protect your server from these sort of things.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Denny
>>
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