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Bug #17934

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Is Options +FollowSymLinks needed in default _.htaccess file?

Added by Matthew almost 17 years ago. Updated about 16 years ago.

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Priority:
Should have
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Category:
Communication
Target version:
-
Start date:
2007-12-17
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TYPO3 Version:
4.1
PHP Version:
5.2
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Description

I installed 4.1.5 on a windows machine and when I enabled the simulatestatic and the .htaccess I received a 403 forbidden error.

This was fixed by adding the following line to my .htaccess file:
Options +FollowSymLinks

Would it not help users to add the following commented text to the default _.htaccess file?

  1. Begin: Rewrite stuff ###
  1. Try uncommenting this line if the RewriteEngine On below causes 403 forbidden errors #
    Options +FollowSymLinks
  2. Enable URL rewriting
    RewriteEngine On

Maybe someone else has a more technical reason for this happening on my given setup.

Matthew
(issue imported from #M6997)

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Updated by Dmitry Dulepov over 16 years ago

It does not need FollowSymLinks.

See here:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html#RewriteEngine

It tells that it needs "AllowOverride FileInfo". And AllowOverride can be done only in .htaccess:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/core.html#allowoverride

For future, please, use mailing lists to clearify issues before posting them here. Bug tracker is really for bugs, features, etc.

The bug report can be closed I think.

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