apache problem

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dan kressin writes:
>--- On Wed, 11/24/10, j. daniel moylan-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org <j. daniel moylan-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> did this -- unfortunately, same result -- restarted htppd,
>> then rebooted -- no change.
>> 
>> ? Options MultiViews Indexes FollowSymLinks
>> IncludesNoExec

> What are the permissions on the dir/file the symlink points
> to?  What error do you see in the browser?  Is there
> anything in the Apache access and/or error logs?
> (/var/log/httpd/{access,error}.log, typically)

ha!!  my bad -- the sym links pointed to stuff in my home
directory, and though all my directory permissions were
fine, i hadn't noticed that /home itself was set to 700
(new operating system installation)!  i changed that to
755 and all is well.

thanks,
ole dan

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