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Peeaytchpee
Peeaytchpee

Reputation: 316

Apache Virtual Host in Windows - how do I deal with Symbolic links?

I'm trying to run a virtual host on a WAPP stack. My virtual host has the FollowSymLinks option, but in Windows, all those symbolic links (I'm using shortcuts, and I think this may be the problem) have the .lnk extension. So if I'm trying to access settings.html, Apache can't find it because all i have sitting there is settings.html.lnk. Apologies if my question is unclear.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 12089

Answers (2)

hollandlef
hollandlef

Reputation: 247

Apache doesn't understand shortcuts. You need to use a proper symlink. On windows this is accomplished using the command line tool mklink. See http://ipggi.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/windows-file-junctions-symbolic-links-and-hard-links/ for more details.

Upvotes: 12

gdoumenc
gdoumenc

Reputation: 599

For security reasons, symlinks aren't followed by default on Apache.

Better than enable it in the config file with "Options FollowSymLinks" you should use

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/urlmapping.html#outside

That's not exactly the answer you expected but may help...

Upvotes: 1

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