Post by megaff » Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:47 am

Can someone tell me what the command: Option + FollowSymlinks is for in the .htaccess file?
The problem with this is that on the new server to which I am moving soon, when this option is enabled, the browser shows Error 500, when the option is disabled - the website works, but I don't know what may not work properly then. Any idea?

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Post by sw!tch » Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:44 am

The best people to ask are your web host, you can read more here - https://stackoverflow.com/a/30911880

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Post by mikeinterserv » Thu Mar 11, 2021 6:21 am

Try this

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Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
#Options +FollowSymlinks
comment out the original and add the new

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Post by paulfeakins » Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:13 pm

megaff wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:47 am
Can someone tell me what the command: Option + FollowSymlinks is for in the .htaccess file?
Yes, Google was designed for this purpose and gives good answers like this one: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/121 ... owsymlinks

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