Vince Coen wrote to All:   
   VC> Hello All!   
   VC>    
   VC> I am using Mageia v3 along with apache v2.4.4-7 and cannot give access to    
   VC> web   
   VC> users to the file areas including mbseman. However the stats works.   
      
   I'm not familiar with Mageia, but that shouldn't be an issue.  I'll do what   
   I can to help.   
      
   VC> Can anyone help and I will post the config file.   
      
   Besides the config file, I'll also need a little information about   
   directories and how you are providing access to the file area.   
      
   In my case, I just have a symlink /var/www/files that points to   
   /var/spool/mbse/ftp (which is the same as /opt/mbse/ftp/pub)   
      
   In my apache config, I use 'Options FollowSymLinks', but you should be able   
   to use an Alias and make sure to have the appropriate    
   section.   
      
   VC> This has been an issue since moving over from Mandriva 2011 to Mageia and    
   VC> upgraded to v3 hoping that it would be sorted.   
      
   Sounds like Mageia may have a more security minded default apache config in   
   place.   
      
   VC> Have now got proftpd to work which was also a problem now that I have   
   VC> installed linux onto a new Asus Sabertooth 990FX mobo with a AMD 8350 but    
   VC> thats as far as I have been able to go.   
      
   Wow!  That sounds nicer than my workstation at home, and definitely more   
   than I toss at any of my home servers.   
      
   VC> At some point I need to transfer the lot which is running on a 1TB drive    
   VC> over to the original 3TB one having rebuilt it for GPT.   
      
   My BBS is using a 4G Compact Flash for the boot drive, then NFS mounting my   
   file server for storage (msg and file areas).  I've been tempted to move all   
   the BBS files to the file server, then make it so I can bring up a VM to   
   host the BBS if I even need to take the hardware offline for an extended   
   length of time... although I think that would be a bit overkill with the 1   
   or 2 users that might connect every week.   
      
   VC> Thanks,   
   VC>    
   VC> Vince   
   VC>    
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       Ken...   
       kbowley@bbs.trod.org   
      
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