Linux Servers cPanel webhosting blog » Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch http://www.theperfectarts.com Basics cPanel tutorials / issue,mysql,php errors etc Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:15:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch forbidden error? http://www.theperfectarts.com/2009/10/options-followsymlinks-or-symlinksifownermatch-forbidden-error/ http://www.theperfectarts.com/2009/10/options-followsymlinks-or-symlinksifownermatch-forbidden-error/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:00:26 +0000 Gunjan http://www.theperfectarts.com/?p=358 If you receive following error message after browsing the domain/website

[Sat Oct 31 04:28:39 2009] [error] [client x.x.x.x] Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that RewriteRule directive is forbidden: /home/xxx/public_html/xxx/403.shtml
[Sat Oct 31 04:29:47 2009] [error] [client x.x.x.x] Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that RewriteRule directive is forbidden: /home/xxx/public_html/xxx.co.uk/Bracelets/Stencil-Heart-Bracelet.html

To avoid above error you can add following codes in .htaccess file.

root@gunjan[#]vi .htaccess

RewriteEngine On

Options +FollowSymLinks
:wq!

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