Hi,
sym link support are disabled by default in 9.1 for security reason on
window. You can enable it by following:
http://www.nabble.com/Using-soft-links-in-appserver-9-t4194354.html
-- Jeanfrancois
glassfish_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Fresh install Glassfish v2 (SJAS9.1) on Sparc Solaris 10, 0807.
> (server runs as root)
>
> We have run into a real show stopper for porting from Iplanet 6.1 stuff.
>
> It seems the new server 9.1 will not access symbolic linked directories.
>
> Directories:
> drwxrwxrwx 2 iplanet web 512 Oct 29 15:45 spool
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 29 15:57 spool2 -> spool
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 29 15:57 images -> /d00/web/images
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 29 15:57 data -> /d00/web/clientdata
>
> We created a dummy.html and a dummy image.gif in all of the above directories.
>
> www.ourdomain.com/dummy.html (or .gif) - works fine
> www.ourdomain.com/spool/dummy.html (or .gif) - works fine
> www.ourdomain.com/spool2/dummy.html (or .gif) - does NOT work
> www.ourdomain.com/images/dummy.html (or .gif) - does NOT work
> www.ourdomain.com/data/dummy.html (or .gif) - does NOT work
>
> Completely different functionality from 6.1 - this definately works in 6.1.
>
> We have centralized image directories and numerous nfs mounted disks with various
> client data directories that can not be direct paths under the docroot. This was the only
> way to implement access to certain data, such as client reports, recordings, etc.
>
> Does anyone know how to get around this limitation ??
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Dan
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