On Sat, 22 Mar 1997, Jim Pick wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Scott K. Ellis wrote:
> >
> > > Package: info2www
> > > Version: 1.2.2.9-4
> > >
> > > While the webstandard states that http://localhost/doc/ should resolve to
> > > files in the /usr/doc directory, it doesn't provide that there needs to be a
> > > symlink in /var/www. The info2www symlink should be to /usr/doc/info2www,
> > > not just doc/info2www
>
> At first, I didn't understand what Scott was try to do. Then I looked at what
> info2www tried to do, and it didn't work on my system either - so now I
> understand.
>
> > The problem is that the policy forbids absolute symlinks. That's why I
> > can't use `/usr/doc/info2www'.
>
> Correct. Do the following
>
> drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 Mar 20 15:46 1997 var/
> drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 Mar 20 15:46 1997 var/www/
> lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 Mar 20 15:46 1997 var/www/info2www ->
> ../../usr/doc/info2www
I fixed the problem by changing all URL's to refer to '/doc/info2www'
instead of just '/info2www'. This way I don't need to touch the web root
at all!
Thanks for your help,
Chris
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