Symlinks resulting in 403 Error

[qxxx]

Hello!

i would like to acces files from subdomains also on the main domain,
example:

http://download.example.com/file.zip
want to acces from here:
http://www.example.com/download/file.zip

i created a symlink like that:
ln -s /home/httpd/vhosts/example.com/subdomains/download/httpdocs download
(in folder: /home/httpd/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs)

the symlink is created.
now if i acces a file like that:
http://www.example.com/download/file.zip
apache shows: a 403 error (forbidden)
The Apache Logs showing "Symlinks are not allowed here"

i chmoded all 777, chown wwwrun.www, restarted the apache,
what can i do more?

Thanks in Advance, Q

 

[jlschwab]

You need to edit plesk's virtual host overrides file in that domain's /conf/ directory, the file is called: vhost.conf.

In this file you need to put:

<Directory <full/path/to/the/domains/httpdocs>
    Options FollowSymLinks
</Directory>

Then you need to restart the apache server:

(If its a redhat box): # service httpd restart

This should solve the problem, as the default plesk apache installation does not tend to allow you to follow symlinks automatically.

I just recently had todo this my self actually.

Hope this helps!

If you need further assistance, feel free to contact me on here, or direclty, thanks.

 

[qxxx]

sorry, doesnt work, still 403.
i have everywhere a vhost.conf file:

in domain.com\subdomains\blabla\conf
and
domain.com\conf

all something like this inside:

<Directory "/home/httpd/vhosts/domain.com">
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks +Includes
DirectoryIndex index.php
php_admin_value open_basedir /home/httpd/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/
php_admin_flag safe_mode Off
php_admin_value memory_limit 60M
</Directory>

 

[ylon]

He's apparently right, I don't see this working either... time to keep digging for an answer.

 

[ylon]

Sorry, spoke too soon, didn't check my permissions of the symlink. After chown'ing them it is working dandily. Thanks!

 

[poke]

Those darn perms...