On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:31 PM, adp002 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Folks, > > I've been following your conversation about granting too much file access to > hackers. I utilize Norton Internet Security Intrusion Protection and to date > have had no problems with intruders. I wish to take the risk and set up a > symbolic link between htdocs in Program Files and a folder on my > desktop....using the System Administrator Prompt, so that I can easily modify > files and then save them within htdocs. After setting up the > administrative-level symbolic link, what directives in conf.ini for Apache > 2.2.15 would I need to change? Thanks. > PS. I do take frequent full system image backups, so I'm willing to take a > risk, as I mentioned. Thanks again.
You should just add an Alias and a <Directory> block to your configuration to access a directory outside of your document root. The contents of the <Directory> should look just like the one you already have for your DocumentRoot. If it does't work, read your error log and followup here along with your configuration and what URL you're requesting. > > > Alan > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Frank Gingras > Date: 7/30/2010 12:09:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [us...@httpd] Apache 2.2.15 says You do not have permission to > view [this file] > > > On 07/30/2010 12:01 PM, Sander Temme wrote: > > > > On Jul 30, 2010, at 7:34 AM, Frank Gingras wrote: > > > >> May I borrow excerpts from your response for a wiki article? We answer > >> those questions over and over, and I would very much like to link to a > >> complete response instead. > > > > I put my response on my blog: > > http://www.temme.net/sander/2010/07/30/file-system-permissions-for-apache/ > > > > Quote away! Attribution appreciated. > > > > S. > > > > Sander, > > Pardon the direct reply, but I wanted to thank you personally for your > contribution. > > Have a great admin day! > > Frank > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > " from the digest: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Eric Covener [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] " from the digest: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
