[users@httpd] Proper configuration of FollowSymLinks in 2.0.54

[Forrest Aldrich]

What is the proper way to configure FollowSymLinks in 2.0.54? I'm having a problem getting this to work at all - after reading the manual, searching for examples, it seems fairly straightforward; however, every combination I try fails with: Symbolic link not allowed. I am suspicious that I've hit a bug, and actually filed a bug report, to which detractors insist there is no bug. I tried a stripped-down httpd.conf that has basically this: DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/data: <Directory />     Options All </Directory> The symlink is in the DocumentRoot as: files -> /usr/local/shares/directory I tried specifying the directory in different ways: <Direcotory "/files"> <Direcotry "/usr/local/www/data/files"> <Directory "/usr/local/shares/files"> the last option isn't valid, but I tried it anyway. This does *not* work, and I'm completely puzzled. What's more, the same configuration works fine under 1.3.x, using just a Directory pointer to /symlinkname. I'd appreciate some clarification/examples of how to do this properly under 2.0.54. Thanks.