Re: [cobalt-users] Symbolic Link from web to user/web directory

["Babu P. Yogarajah" <bpy@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 13:47 22/01/01 +0000, you wrote:

>So, I set up a user, and they have uploaded their project to...
>www.domain.com/~user1/project
>which is live and working on the web.
>
>I then made a symbolic link (directory to directory) so the original url
still works...
>from /home/sites/www.domain.com
>ln -s users/user1/web/project web/project
>
>The link is there on the disc, but from the web I get
>Forbidden
>You do not have permission to access the requested file on this server.
>I changed the owner of both directory and link to the site admin, and both
to the site user.
>Still Forbidden.

Hi,

Login to your server as root, then
cd /home/sites/www.domain.com
ln -s users/user1/web/project web/project
chown -h user1 web/project

Hope this helps!
Also read my previous similar posting at
http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2000-November/024661.html

Best regards,
Babu P. Yogarajah
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