[EMAIL PROTECTED] Alias versus Symbolic Links

2007-07-26 Thread \Crash\ Dummy
The Apache documentation says, There are frequently circumstances where it is necessary to allow web access to parts of the filesystem that are not strictly underneath the DocumentRoot. Apache offers several different ways to accomplish this. On Unix systems, symbolic links can bring other parts

RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alias versus Symbolic Links

2007-07-26 Thread Lindsay Hausner
-Original Message- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crash Dummy Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:52 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alias versus Symbolic Links The Apache documentation says, There are frequently circumstances where

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alias versus Symbolic Links

2007-07-26 Thread Eric Covener
On 7/26/07, Crash Dummy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question is, What the hell is a symbolic link? I have Apache installed on Windows 2000, and use aliases to map stuff to the DocumentRoot. Are symbolic links a purely *nix thing? Can I just ignore them and their related directives (like