Need help w/ 403 on symbolic link folder

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I did a symbolic link with a folder ~/html_data into /opt/lampp/htdocs/$USER

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sudo ln -s ~/html_data /opt/lampp/htdocs/$USER

So when I try an access anything at localhost/{username}/ I get a 403 error
can someone help me out here?


running ubuntu 9.10 32-bit

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[Nobbie]

What was the value of $USER when executing the "ln -s" command? Or is there really a folder "/opt/lampp/htdocs/$USER"?

Ist there any data in ~/html_data?

Do you have "Options FollowSymLinks" for your DocumentRoot (see httpd.conf)?

Are there sufficient rights for the user which executes the Apache process to read ~/html_data?

[research-experiment]

What was the value of $USER when executing the "ln -s" command? Or is there really a folder "/opt/lampp/htdocs/$USER"?

Ist there any data in ~/html_data?

Do you have "Options FollowSymLinks" for your DocumentRoot (see httpd.conf)?

Are there sufficient rights for the user which executes the Apache process to read ~/html_data?

1. The Value of $USER is the username
2. I wouldn't have any trouble accessing the files in the folder if there were none
3. Could you maybe provide an example, because FollowSymLinks is not commented out. I'm using the same httpd.conf that came with xampp.
4. I would assume "chmod 755" would suffice? Or am I missing something?

[Nobbie]

3. Could you maybe provide an example, because FollowSymLinks is not commented out.

Could you maybe read the documentation instead?

Is there any <Directory ...> for ~/html_data (where ~ is to replaced by /home/username or whatever) in httpd.conf which grants access to that folder (especially "Allow From All")?

[research-experiment]

Could you maybe read the documentation instead?

Maybe you could read the httpd.conf file instead of being an jerk.

Is there any <Directory ...> for ~/html_data (where ~ is to replaced by /home/username or whatever) in httpd.conf which grants access to that folder (especially "Allow From All")?

Like I said I was working with the httpd.conf file that camp with the xampp linux tar. So obviously yes. I'd post an excerpt, but I think I'll go to that other forum where people are actually helpful and nice instead of like you.

[Wiedmann]

I did a symbolic link with a folder ~/html_data into /opt/lampp/htdocs/$USER

4. I would assume "chmod 755" would suffice? Or am I missing something?

Apache must have at least read access to the whole path (upwards), not only "html_data")

I get a 403 error

Maybe the "error.log" can give you a hint.