[techtalk] Minor ln -s question

[Caitlin]

On Friday, April 20, 2001, at 04:20 PM, Kath wrote:

> I have the directory /var/www/shag/
>  
> I want to link /var/www/kathweb/shag/ to it, so when someone goes to 
> www.kathweb.net/shag/, the directory of shag/ is displayed.
>  
> How do I do this?
>  
> And yes I know about virtualhosting, but that is not an option right 
> now because my friend's ISP's DNS server has stopped resolving my 
> domain name.  Stupid Road Runner!  And yesterday it was working fine.  
> Everyone else can reach me too, so it isn't me.
>  

You may need to check the web server's configuration. Unless the 
FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch options
have been selected the server will not follow a symlink out of the 
designated web doc location, "/var/www/shag" in
your example. I believe the server will notice that it's a symlink 
before it notices that it points somewhere else that it is
allowed access to.