What is Options FollowSymLinks

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I am using a Lamp server on my computer  I started to use Laravel php framework   In my  htaccess   If I use Options  FollowSymLinks   I get 500 error   And If I comment out   I have to use index php in my all addresses   example      ytsejam blog public index php login   I use Arch Linux   Is there a way to solve it   edit  I solved this  by using virtual hosts  And deleting index php from application config application php in laravel folder

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Parameter Options FollowSymLinks enables you to have a symlink in your webroot pointing to some other file dir  With this disabled  Apache will refuse to follow such symlink  More secure Options SymLinksIfOwnerMatch can be used instead - this will allow you to link only to other files which you do own   If you use Options directive in  htaccess with parameter which has been forbidden in main Apache config  server will return HTTP 500 error code   Allowed  htaccess options are defined by directive AllowOverride in the main Apache config file  To allow symlinks  this directive need to be set to All or Options    Besides allowing use of symlinks  this directive is also needed to enable mod rewrite in  htaccess context  But for this  also the more secure SymLinksIfOwnerMatch option can be used

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How does the server know that it should pull image png from the  pictures folder when you visit the website and browse to the  system files images folder in your web browser  A so-called symbolic link is the guy that is responsible for this behavior  Somewhere in your system  there is a symlink that tells your server  If a visitor requests  system files images image png then show him  pictures image png    And what is the role of the FollowSymLinks setting in this   FollowSymLinks relates to server security  When dealing with web servers  you can t just leave things undefined  You have to tell who has access to what  The FollowSymLinks setting tells your server whether it should or should not follow symlinks  In other words  if FollowSymLinks was disabled in our case  browsing to the  system files images image png file would return depending on other settings either the 403  access forbidden  or 404  not found  error   http   www maxi-pedia com FollowSymLinks

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You might try searching the internet for   htaccess Options not allowed here    A suggestion I found  using google  is        Check to make sure that your httpd conf file has AllowOverride All    A  htaccess file that works for me on Mint Linux  placed in the Laravel  public folder      Apache configuration file   http   httpd apache org docs 2 2 mod quickreference html    Turning on the rewrite engine is necessary for the following rules and   features    FollowSymLinks  must be enabled for this to work symbolically    lt IfModule mod rewrite c gt      Options  FollowSymLinks     RewriteEngine On  lt  IfModule gt     For all files not found in the file system  reroute the request to the    index php  front controller  keeping the query string intact   lt IfModule mod rewrite c gt      RewriteCond   REQUEST FILENAME   -f     RewriteCond   REQUEST FILENAME   -d     RewriteRule        index php  1  L   lt  IfModule gt    Hope this helps you  Otherwise you could ask a question on the Laravel forum  http   forums laravel com    there are some really helpful people hanging around there

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