From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 10 12:15:16 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB03516A41F for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:15:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jpeg@thilelli.net) Received: from smtp.thilelli.net (smtp.thilelli.net [213.41.129.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2349743D48 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:15:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jpeg@thilelli.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bento.thilelli.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B7B95C99; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:15:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from bento.thilelli.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bento.thilelli.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 00736-02; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:15:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from webmail.thilelli.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bento.thilelli.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C87175C98; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:15:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 192.168.1.20 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jgabel) by webmail.thilelli.net with HTTP; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:15:08 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <54399.192.168.1.20.1126354508.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> In-Reply-To: <4321D164.5000602@forrie.com> References: <4321D164.5000602@forrie.com> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:15:08 +0200 (CEST) From: "Julien Gabel" To: "Forrest Aldrich" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at thilelli.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysctl or system tweak for symbolic links? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jpeg@thilelli.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:15:16 -0000 > Using FreeBSD_6.0_Beta4 (applies to Beta2, also). Not related to FreeBSD versions, i think. > I'm trying to track down a problem I've been having with apache-2.0.54 > not following symbolic links. > > It's basically come down to my being able to follow the link if it's in > the same directory structure (ie: .. or /path/to/..), but fails if the > symbolic link is located elsewhere (ie: /usr/local/path/directory) or on > another disk. It is the `normal' behaviour for Apache, AFAIK. > I wonder if there's a sysctl or other system variable that handles the > behavior of or access to symbolic links in this fashion that I may have > missed. Seemed like a reasonable conclusion after these tests have > been failing, though it could be something else, too. Don't know if it is possible (and advisable) to succeed in following an external link this way. More help/answers may be obtain from the Apache people, since it seems more an httpd configuration trick, than a FreeBSD one. -- -jpeg.