Re: [cobalt-users] (RAQ4) remioving ~ for website url

[Larry Smith <lesmith@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 19 April 2004 10:59, wcstaff wrote:
> I have posted this before, but got no response, due to my poor explanation.
> So, here it is again.
> I am experiencing a problem, on a raq 4, where all my redirectors that
> allow a visitor to type "domainname.com/user" instead of
> "domainname.com/~user" to reach the website are broken. When we create a
> website for a username, the default website location is
> "domainname.com/~user". We then su to the box and go to the main
> domainname.com website location and type "ln -s ../users/username/web
> username". This, in the past, has always eliminated the ~ for the website
> url. Recently, it no longer works and all existing website links that were
> redirected are broken. I have looked everywhere and cannot find out why.
> Thanks
> Tom
>

Tom,

  Check to see if your server (http) is allowing and/or has the 
"Followsymlinks" set in your configuration.  Believe the default for 
/home/sites/*/ (all site directorys) is:
  "Options -FollowSymLinks +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch"

which probably needs to be commented out (put a # in front) for your symlinks 
to work to user directories and then httpd restarted...


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Larry Smith
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