'options httpd.rootdir' allows one to specify at minimum a volume, such as /vol/vol0.
So far I have not succeeded through the use of /etc/httpd.translations to access files on different volumes. Searching the NOW site hasn't revealed much either, although the documentation tends to indicate a 'map' entry in /etc/httpd.translations is the way to do it.
I find it hard to believe there isn't a method to jump out of the directory tree specified by httpd.rootdir and access other parts of the filer. If it's not possible the SAG and 'First-Time Setup' documentation should be much clearer on the issue that once you commit to a rootdir it is impossible to access data outside of that hierarchy without redirecting to a client that can read the data off a mount.
As I missing something? Is there some magic that can be done in /etc/httpd.access?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Jim VandeVegt wrote:
'options httpd.rootdir' allows one to specify at minimum a volume, such as /vol/vol0.
So far I have not succeeded through the use of /etc/httpd.translations to access files on different volumes.
This isn't exactly what you asked, and I have not tried this in relation to httpd, but did you try creating a symlink from inside the vol0 volume to somewhere in another volume? I have used this successfully to access things for NFS: create a symlink in the /vol/vol0 directory that points to /vol/vol1/qtree27 and then an NFS client can mount "/qtree27", "/vol/vol0/qtree27" or "/vol/vol1/qtree27". I would expect that something similar could work with httpd where the web browser would think it was access something in /vol/vol0 but in reality it would be located on another volume.
Repeat disclaimer: I have never tried this with httpd but it works with NFS so I'm guessing it would work with httpd.
--- "David H. Brierley" dhb@ssd.ray.com wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Jim VandeVegt wrote:
'options httpd.rootdir' allows one to specify at minimum a
volume,
such as /vol/vol0.
So far I have not succeeded through the use of /etc/httpd.translations to access files on different volumes.
This isn't exactly what you asked, and I have not tried this in relation to httpd, but did you try creating a symlink from inside the vol0 volume to somewhere in another volume
I have tried the symbolic link in the same way one would do it on a UNIX server running Apache and it hasn't worked so far.
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