Limit Symbolic Links

Use this (UNIX only) page to limit the use of the file system links in your server. File system links are references to files stored in other directories or file systems. The reference makes the remote file as accessible as if it were in the current directory.

The following table describes the fields and buttons on the page. The left column lists the fields and buttons; the right column describes the functionality.

Field or Button
Description

Editing

Choose Entire Server to apply your change to the whole virtual server, or navigate to a specific directory within a virtual server.

Allow soft file system links

Specifies whether to allow soft file system links. A symbolic link consists of two files, an original file that contains the data, and another that points to the original file. Symbolic links are more flexible than hard links. Symbolic links can be used across different file systems and can be linked to directories

Allow hard file system links

Specifies whether to allow hard file system links. A hard link is really two file names that point to the same set of data blocks; the original file and the link are identical. For this reason, hard links cannot be on different file systems.

From Directory

Specifies the path where the server should start looking for file system links. If you enter an absolute path, the server treats the path you give as a prefix. When it recognizes that prefix in a request, the server checks any directories following the prefix for file system links. If you type a partial path, the server looks for the partial path you give as a sub-string of the incoming request. If you enter nolinks, the server looks for a directory called nolinks in the incoming request; if it finds that directory, it checks all following directories for file system links.

Browse

Allows you to browse the file system and choose a portion of the server.

Wildcard

Specifies a wildcard pattern to edit.

OK

Saves your changes.

Reset

Resets the values on the page to the default values.


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