[OpenAFS] AFS and Apache Virtual Directory

Lars Schimmer l.schimmer@cgv.tugraz.at
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:44:58 +0100


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Suman Kansakar wrote:
> Does anybody have any experience with using an AFS directory as a
> virtual directory of an Apache server running on Linux? If yes, could
> you give me some pointers on making this work? Just for the sake of
> trying, I created a symlink inside the /var/www/html directory that
> points to the AFS directory. I can browse the directory fine as a root
> or any other user, but Apache refuses to recognize it. It has to do
> with authentication I believe, but not sure on how to tackle this
> problem.

I just told the apache2 virtual server the server root is in
/afs/cgv.tugraz.at/...
But for that I needed special machine accounts in AFS. Yes, security
leak. I know.

> Thanks.

Bye
Lars
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