On Saturday 25 May 2002 11:25 pm, Femme wrote: > On Sat, 25 May 2002 20:50:16 -0700 > > James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Check your commonhttpd.conf file, (/etc/httpd/conf/ ) but usually the > > default allows you to follow symlinks (in the past) if not look for > > > > # Each directory to which Apache has access, can be configured with > > respect# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in > > that# directory (and its subdirectories). > > # > > # First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of > > # permissions. > > # > > # Also, for security, we disable indexes globally > > # > > <Directory /> > > Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks > > AllowOverride None > > </Directory> > > > > > > and make it look like the above. Then go to var/www/html and type ln > > -s/absolute/path/to/my/directory directory This will then be the same > > as moving them physically there. It's a hack........ but it works. > > > > James > > *giggles* Hacks are cool. Thx mucho James. I'll try your idea &/or > ndiscreets. Not sure which yet will yield better results. > > As an aside, any chance someone can point me to a "newbie-fied" apache > install/maintenance URL? I'm pretty useless with HTML/web > stuff...having never tried it, but am a fast learner *Smiles*. > > Thx for all you guys' help! I hope to get this working soon...lord > knows I've learned alot since I asked what I thought was a simple > question. Heh, never underestimate the power of linux to make it complex > fast :) > > Femme As far as the apache maintenance, that would depend on what version you are currently using (ie apache 1.3 or apache 2.0). HTML/web tutorial, I would recommend http://www.webmonkey.com.
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