Question

Original question

I met a strange problem with nginx + php-fpm.

If my root directory set to something like
~/playground/apps/foo/public/, everything works fine.

If I symlink ~/playground to ~/Dropbox/playground Nginx renders a
“File not found.” string.

I first thought that it was a permissions problem, but it isn’t
(double checked with a simple php file)

So my question is: Is a symlinked root direcotry a problem for nginx
and php-fpm?

Update
This is definitely caused by Dropbox.
I did the same symlink dance and evrything works fine.
But symlinking a root directory inside a Dropbox folder breaks something. (suspecting permissions but don’t see any change)

Any hint ?

Answer 1

I was sure that it was something very stupid.

The default Dropbox folder permissions are too restrictive.
A chmod 755 ~/Dropbox solved it.

Sorry for your time, and thanks again.