On Sun, Sep 30 2012, Andrea Conti wrote: > The default mod_userdir configuration > (/etc/apache2/modules.d/00_mod_userdir.conf, of which you pasted an > excerpt in the other email) only sets an "Allow from all" for > directories in the form "/home/*/public_html", which does not include > anything under /local. > > You can either change your home directory, or add > > <Directory /local/allan/gottlieb> > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > > [whatever other options you need] > </Directory>
I see. I prefer changing my home directory as nothing needs to be done with new apache releases. > As for the "FollowSymlinks" and "SymlinksIfOwnerMatch" options, I'm not > sure they apply here: they should only affect whether the server follows > symlinks *within* the document root, not symlinks in the path *leading > to* the document root. OK. thank you very much for the clear explanations. allan
