Apache symlinks give 403 Forbidden
apache, php
Solution
Currently, you just tested the permission for testphp directory.
The complete path has to be executable by Apache. So you have to do this:
$ cd /
$ sudo chmod o+x home
$ sudo chmod o+x home/novito
$ sudo chmod o+x home/novito/Projects
$ sudo chmod o+x home/novito/Projects/testphp
Or in a single line:
$ sudo chmod o+x /home /home/novito /home/novito/Projects /home/novito/Projects/testphp
This will give Apache (and everybody else) the right permissions.
A more comprehensive answer can be found here on AskUbuntu. Worth reading.
Problem
I have some projects in /home/novito/Projects that I want Apache to be able to serve. I have done the following: ``` cd /var/www sudo ln -s /home/novito/Projects/testphp testphp ``` When I visit `localhost/testphp/index.php`, I get a You don't have permission to access /testphp/prova.php on this server. I have tried doing the following: ``` cd /home/novito/Projects sudo chmod 755 testphp ``` But I still have the same problem. When doing ls -la, I see the following info for testphp directory: ``` drwxr-xr-x 2 novito novito ``` What am I doing wrong?