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Asked: 2026-05-11T13:04:31+00:00

mod_perl/apache doesn’t seem able to follow symlinks. In httpd.conf I have: Options FollowSymLinks <VirtualHost

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mod_perl/apache doesn’t seem able to follow symlinks.

In httpd.conf I have:

Options FollowSymLinks <VirtualHost *>         ServerName cas.devserver.com         ServerAlias cas.devserver.com         ServerAdmin webmaster@devserver.com         DocumentRoot /var/www/htdocs/abc/def         PerlSwitches -I/var/www/cgi-bin         PerlSendHeader On         <Location />                 Options FollowSymLinks                 PerlSendHeader On                 PerlHandler Test1::Test                 SetHandler perl-script                 Order deny,allow                 Allow from all         </Location> </VirtualHost>

If /var/www/cgi-bin/Test1 is a directory containing Test.pm, then it works. If it is a symlink to the directory that contains Test.pm (/var/www/cgi-bin/test1/) then it fails:

[error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] failed to resolve handler `Test1::Test':       Can't locate Test1/Test.pm in @INC       (@INC contains: /var/www/cgi-bin/ <snip> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 . /etc/httpd)       at (eval 9) line 3.\n

I’ve checked permissions and they seem OK.

Thanks for any help.

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  1. Simple obvious question,

    Have you tried running your cgi script from the command line with the symlink in place?

    Shouldn’t you also add to the container?

    Options +ExecCGI

    HTH

    cheers,

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