Creating Symlinks?

[mdof2]

I want to create a symlink inside the /web folder to another folder outside of the /home folder.
Is this possible?

When / if I were to browse to my web folder (via http ala Chrome), I want to be able to see / access that symlink (folder). I basically want access to everything in another folder without copying the contents (quite large) to the web folder itself.

Any help or a shove in the right direction would be appreciated.

[mdof2]

Anyone?

[clinton.hall]

via ssh

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ln -s target link

where target is the file/folder you want linked, and link is the name of the link as you want it shown in the web folder.

[mdof2]

Thank you Clinton.
I got the link, now am having issues with permissions.
From a browser, I get an access denied message.

[clinton.hall]

you need to ensure admin user has permissions for the link and the target

logged in as root,

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chown admin:administrators <link>
chmod 777 <link>
chown -R admin:administrators <target>

[mdof2]

Could I not give my symlink folder the same permissions that the /web folder has?
The permissions the web folder has would be appropriate for the symlink.

[clinton.hall]

yes, use those permissions.