Apache httpd24 upgrade broke UserDir support.

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Issue

  • On upgrading web server from httpd24-httpd 2.4.6 to 2.4.25 as part of SCL release 2.4, it broke userdir's, it throws 404 error and seen below error in the logs :
[Tue Jun 06 08:42:33.716931 2017] [core:error] [pid 42394] [client 127.0.0.1:1234] AH00037: Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible: /home, referer: https://www.abc.gr/
[Tue Jun 06 08:44:02.331827 2017] [core:error] [pid 42683] [client 127.0.0.1:1234] AH00037: Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible: /home, referer: https://www.def.ru/

Environment

  • Red Hat Software Collections (RHSCL)
    • httpd24-httpd 2.4.25

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