Bug#530535: apache2: Apache fails to follow symlinks via other symlinks

2009-09-17 Thread Edward Welbourne
Sorry about the lack of reply - your mail got lost in what came while I was on holiday and I only now got back to it. > I can't reproduce your problem. Are you sure all involved directories are > accessible for the www-data user? I now slap myself on the fore-head - indeed, one of the directories

Bug#530535: apache2: Apache fails to follow symlinks via other symlinks

2009-07-28 Thread Stefan Fritsch
Hi, > It occurred to me that the problem might be related to one of the > symlinks having a name, .w/, to which Apache normally wouldn't allow > access, so I tested with: > > ln -s ../work w; ln -s w/mine/toys toys > > but /~eddy/toys/ was also 403. However, /~eddy/code/ has become > inaccessible

Bug#530535: apache2: Apache fails to follow symlinks via other symlinks

2009-05-26 Thread Edward Welbourne
It occurred to me that the problem might be related to one of the symlinks having a name, .w/, to which Apache normally wouldn't allow access, so I tested with: ln -s ../work w; ln -s w/mine/toys toys but /~eddy/toys/ was also 403. However, /~eddy/code/ has become inaccessible too ! Yet, half a

Bug#530535: apache2: Apache fails to follow symlinks via other symlinks

2009-05-25 Thread Edward Welbourne
I forgot to mention: the error.log reports the error as Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible: /disk/home/eddy/whorlweb/edoc Eddy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

Bug#530535: apache2: Apache fails to follow symlinks via other symlinks

2009-05-25 Thread Edward Welbourne
Package: apache2.2-common Version: 2.2.11-3 Severity: normal In my userdir, I did (some time ago, inter alia): ln -s ../work .w ln -s .w/mine/toys code and I used to be able to visit /~eddy/code/ to see the code fragments therein. I have today run into this not working: I got 403 instead. Ho