.htaccess options and symlink settings
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.htaccess options and symlinks are restricted on most of the shared servers for security reasons. The allowed options are following:
Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
The above restricts symlinks to links within a cPanel account (owner = cPanel user)
500 INTERNAL SERVER ERRORS
Please do not use the following settings – these will lead to a 500 Internal Server Error as it conflicts with server security:
Options All +FollowSymlinks
HOW TO MODIFY THE OPTIONS AND SYMLINK SETTINGS
If you are uploading / installing software which contains a .htaccess file with
Options All
then simply delete the word “All” so it reads:
Options
If your site contains a .htaccess file with
+FollowSymlinks
then simply replace it with
+SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
