symbolic links and php permissions

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#1 Mon, 01/07/2013 - 09:49
pmasse

symbolic links and php permissions

I noticed a message while in virtual min talking about php permissions and symbolic links. (See attached file) Upon applying the fixes, three of my sites using a content management system are showing a 500 internal server error.

I need to understand what was changed during the "fix" process.

How can I reverse these fixes at least temporarily until I find a working permanent fix?

********UPDATE********

Should always do a search first. ;) Found the answers @ post https://virtualmin.com/node/24493.

Thanks.

Mon, 01/07/2013 - 10:15
andreychek

Howdy,

If you receive a 500 error after the security fix, correcting that is usually fairly simple (and often just a matter of tweaking your .htaccess file).

You can see exactly what needs fixed by reviewing the error in $HOME/logs/error_log.

It sounds like you may have gotten some of that straightened out now though, which is great :-)

-Eric

Sat, 01/12/2013 - 17:05 (Reply to #2)
pmasse

Thank you Eric.

Is there any thing these patches could have done that would make it not possible to login to a content manager, such as wordpress or MOXx?

Pete

Sun, 01/13/2013 - 10:29
andreychek

Not that I know of, but you may want to review those Apache error logs just to make sure nothing shows up in there.

-Eric

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