[mdlug] Apache and Config for files outside of www dir

[Wojtak, Greg]

Instead of creating a soft link, you could, in your httpd.conf, do

Alias /mystuff/ /media/mydrivename/mystuff/

Then you might need a Directory entry for /mystuff/

<Directory /media/mydrivename/mystuff>
   Options Indexes
   AllowOverride None
   Order allow,deny
   Allow from all
</Directory>

You may need to tweak some of the directives in the <Directory></Directory> block, but that should be a relatively straightforward method of doing what you are trying to do.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of gib at juno.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 10:28 AM
To: mdlug at mdlug.org
Subject: [mdlug] Apache and Config for files outside of www dir

I'm trying to set up my web server to allow me to have the files on my large drive assessable.  I'm running into what, I assume, is a security issue that someone would be able help with.

I've got the server up and running with current Ubuntu. I've got my large drive with many files. I try setting up soft links to the large drive directory. I don't see why but I can't set up the directory security to allow group and other the read and execute.  

Directory on the small drive:
/var/www
This works fine.

I set up a new directory and set the permissions:
/media/mydrivename/mystuff
I do a soft link:
ln -s /var/www/mystuff  /media/mydrivename/mystuff
The higher level directory "/media/mydrivename" seems to have group and other without read and execute. Repeated attemps to chmod don't seem to resove the issue.
 
 
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