Hi All,
I really hope some one can help me.
I have been trying to create SymLinks on my Linux ES box. The SymLinks that I create work because I can CD to them and I see the files I am meant to see.
However, what I want to do is use SymLinks that point outside of my /var/www/html directory to /home/somefolder.

Now, if I create SymLinks that that are within the /var/www/html directory (IE: if I have a SymLink that point to /var/www/html/somedir) it works well, but as soon as I come out of the designated Web spcae I get 403 errors.

I have set my httpd.conf to 'Options FollowSymLinks' and I still get no joy.
In the log the error is that I dont have permission. I have set the folder that the SymLink points to to have a chmod 2777 (extream I know) and still I dont have permission.

I have even tried to create an Alias to the same folder and I dont get any joy.

There must be a way of doing this, after all, how can people like myspace have so many video and audio files in just one web space?

What I want to do is to have my site hosted in my /var/www/html directory, and have all the uploaded data, images - video and mp3's stored in another location.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have now run out of ideas and my eyes ache from reading forums :-(

Thanks in advance :-)

Anadi
:-)

We have run into the same error and tried the same fixes without success. Did you ever get this one resolved?

peace,
mph

Sorry for the delay in reply - but at least I have a solution for you :-)

If you CD to /etc/selinux you will see a file called config.
By default this file is set at the highest security level: SELINUX=enforcing
What you need to do is set the SELINUX so it reads: SELINUX=permissive

This will lower the security of your system slightly.

HTH

Anadi :-)