[Fwd: Re: apache 1.3.x seems a mess!]

[steef <steefvanduin@zonnet.nl>]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: apache 1.3.x seems a mess!
Date: 	Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:16:25 +0100
From: 	steef <steefvanduin@zonnet.nl>
Reply-To: 	steefvanduin@zonnet.nl
To: 	debian-user@lists.debian.org
References: 	<41FE77AE.8070408@zonnet.nl> 
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Matt Zagrabelny wrote:

> On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 19:23 +0100, steef wrote:
>  
>
> > hi folks,
> >
> > i cannot use my symbolic links  (ln -s  etc.) in /var/www of my 
> > apacheserver 1.3.x, running  under debian sarge, kernel 2.6.8-2-ixxx.
> >
> > has somebody a solution for this? i am running quite a time 
> > apacheservers but never encountered something like this
> >    
>
> check your httpd.conf file. there should be an option like
> "FollowSymLinks" or similar for your DocumentRoot.
>
> -matt zagrabelny
>
>
>
>  
i did that. httpd seems perfectly normal. yet the links in the server 
itself, in  var/www still do not work.

tried it out on woody, on another hd in the same machine (ceteris 
paribus): there the links work flawless!

any ideas for this riddle???

thanx

steef