http-public_html-symlink problem

[radman44]

All,
I was hopefull someone could clue me in on my current problem with apache the the user directories public_html.
What I have is a bunch of symbolic links to folders inside of the public_html user directory. If I place anything in the public_html folder apache lists it in a web browser just like its sopposed to, but not the symlinks. I have chmodded the symlinks, the target directories, tinkered with httpd.conf, and still no success.
Here are the lines of concern for the public_html part of httpd.conf

Directory /home/*/public_html>
AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit

# Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
Options MultiViews Indexes FollowSymLinks IncludesNoExec
<Limit GET POST OPTIONS>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Limit>
<LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</LimitExcept>
</Directory>

Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks

[peppy]

I had the same problem, I never solved it. I belive it has to do with selinux and the different labeling of /home/user and /home/user/public_html so therefore symlinks to directories outside of public_html don't work. Atleast that is my understanding.

[bytesniper]

as an option inside the directory add:

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

reference: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#directory

couldnt hurt to disable selinux while you are testing it too: setenforce 0

[radman44]

Well, I did just as bytesniper said and it worked!!!

Hooray, I now have symlinks in my home directory and they work!!!

Thank you Fedora Community!

[zarkann]

Wow... i had the same problems..

thanks bytesniper this Option worked perfectly !!!

but i had

<directory "home/*/public_html">
Option Indexes FollowSymLinks
</directory>

there is any problem with the security here.. How can i know if all the files are secure ?

do i need to place any .htaccess file in /home/* ? and if yes, what would be a good configuration ?