Re: [Gnewsense-dev] builder setup

[Sam Geeraerts]

Op Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:27:36 -0500
schreef "Worthem, Dennis" <address@hidden>:

>  Hello Sam, 
> 
> I have been working on setting up the http (Apache) setting for the
> builder environment. 
> 
> For example, for REPOAPT=http://127.0.0.1/$DISTRONAME_L or
> localhost/$DISTRONAME_L 
> 
> where DISTRONAME_L is gnewsense. 
> 
> I created a symbolic link from /var/www/html/ as gnewsense to
> /media/dennis/Elements/builder/srv/gnewsense. 
> 
> where /var/www/html contains index.html which is the Apache 2 Debian
> default page. Also Elements is the volume name of my external drive. 
> 
> In the browser, localhost, brings up the default page. When I enter
> localhost/gnewsense I get the 403 Forbidden error and in the
> error.log 
> 
> I have the error: 
> 
>           Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible:
> /var/www/html/gnewsense 
> 
> It is not clear to me how to fix this after some internet searches. 
> 
> Does the apache user (www-data) have to be given read and or execute
> privileges to /media/dennis/Elements/builder/srv/gnewsense? 

www-data needs read rights on /var/www/html/gnewsense
and /media/dennis/Elements/builder/srv/gnewsense and below. It also
needs execute rights on /media/dennis/Elements/builder/srv/gnewsense
and below. You may also need to set +FollowSymLinks in Apache's
configuration.