[MDWeezer]

Hello,

I've created a standard symbolic link using the following command:

Code:
ln -s /Users/matthewwilliams/Music/iTunes/ iTunes

This in turn created a "iTunes" folder witthin my "Sites" folder for Apache to access.

When I attempt to navigate to http://127.0.0.1/matthewwilliams/iTunes I get a "Unauthorized access" message from Apache.

How would I configured Apache to give me full access to my iTunes library from the web? I'm writing some software that needs access to it via the web.

Thanks!

[Tesseract]

cd ~/Sites
ln -s ~/Music/iTunes iTunes

turn on Personal Web Sharing in System Preferences' Sharing pane
navigate to http://localhost/~your_short_user_name/iTunes/

I'm not sure if Apache directory indexing is on by default. If it's not, you'll get an error message and you will have to use the URL of a specific file.

[MDWeezer]

That did the same thing I did, didn't it?

I'm still getting the same message. I would like the ability to navigate in my browser, so I guess I need the correct httpd.conf?

[si_lance]

I believe the apache daemon runs as user nobody so the Music dir is inaccessible. Did you try chmod o+x /Users/matthewwilliams/Music

[Mithras]

You need to change your /etc/httpd.conf. Read more in the Apache documentation.
Briefly: Add a section with
<Directory /Users/matthewwilliams/Music/iTunes>
Allow All
</Directory>

to permit reading in that directory. Otherwise, the default permissions are set to deny read access to all directories unless specifically overridden.

[Gavin]

To expand on what mythras said:

By default apache will not follow symbolic links.
try adding this to the directory settings:

Options FollowSymLinks

[MDWeezer]

I've tried editing my httpd.conf file with the following:

Code:
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    Allow All                
</Directory>

However whenever I make the change to the config I can't restart apache, when I try to start it, it just hangs but when I comment it out it starts up fine.

Hmmm

[[APi]TheMan]

Originally Posted by MDWeezer

I've tried editing my httpd.conf file with the following:

Code:
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    Allow All                
</Directory>

However whenever I make the change to the config I can't restart apache, when I try to start it, it just hangs but when I comment it out it starts up fine.

Hmmm

Well, I wouldn't do that exactly... just make the "Directory" directive for your music directory, like Mithras said.

Also, if you're restarting "Personal Web Sharing" from System Preferences, you won't get any verbose error messages... it might be more helpful to restart apache from the command line like this:

Code:
sudo apachectl graceful

.

Graceful, by the way, is where Apache re-reads its configs and spawns httpd processes from that point on with the new settings, but doesn't kill the existing ones (they may be in the middle of serving a webpage).