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Allowing Symbolic Links in ReadyNAS HTTP Service
I've recently migrated most of my storage onto my ReadyNAS NV+, and I'm running into an issue with the HTTP service. I store local mirrors of various yum repositories (CentOS, Fedora, etc.) to save t...
Sorry to revive an old thread, but I just found it and noticed it had an unanswered question. I figured I would share my solution to allow symlinks on my CentOS mirror on my ReadyNAS.
I created a custom config called /etc/frontview/apache/custom.conf and added an include line for it in /etc/frontview/apache/httpd.conf
It contains the following:
I also commented out the Require valid-user directive in my /mirror location, so my servers don't have to authenticate to connect:
I thought about adding the Directory directive to the Shares.conf, but I was afraid it might get overwritten. So, I created a separate conf file for it.
Hope this helps.
I created a custom config called /etc/frontview/apache/custom.conf and added an include line for it in /etc/frontview/apache/httpd.conf
It contains the following:
<Directory "/c/mirror">
Options FollowSymlinks
</Directory>
I also commented out the Require valid-user directive in my /mirror location, so my servers don't have to authenticate to connect:
Alias "/mirror" "/c/mirror"
<Location "/mirror">
Options Indexes
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
# Require valid-user
Include /etc/frontview/apache/Auth.conf
AuthName "My Shares"
</Location>
I thought about adding the Directory directive to the Shares.conf, but I was afraid it might get overwritten. So, I created a separate conf file for it.
Hope this helps.
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