The problem was permissions at: [root@homebase /]# ls -ls /media/ total 4 4 drwx------ 6 root root 4096 2010-11-01 09:52 d4ae05a3-c60f-489d-8159-e16c9a271f0b I changed that from 700 to 755 and now everything works. I kind of thought that symlink permissions were inherited for the current path, not the 'real' path. Well now I know... On 11/03/2010 10:15 AM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > James Mckenzie wrote: > >> Robert Moskowitz<rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >>> # ls -lsZ >>> total 8 >>> lrwxrwxrwx root root ? Centos-5.5 -> >>> /media/d4ae05a3-c60f-489d-8159-e16c9a271f0b/repos/centos/5.5 >>> lrwxrwxrwx root root ? FC12 -> >>> /var/hda/files/repo/fedora/FC12 >>> -rw-r--r-- root root ? index.html >>> >>> selinux is disabled... >>> >>> >> What are the permissions on the original directories? The symlink should pick them up and use them. >> >> The previous comment about Apache following symlinks would apply if BOTH directories were unavailable. >> > Also check the permission of the entire path. > For example, what about the permission of /media/d4ae05a3-c60f-489d-8159-e16c9a271f0b? > > Try this,as root: > > cd / > su apache > cd /media > cd d4ae05a3-c60f-489d-8159-e16c9a271f0b > cd repos > cd centos > cd 5.5 > ls -l > > Maybe one of this steps fails when you are user apache. > > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines