Symlinks access forbidden via browser

[portabledeluxe]

I have followed the good advice on this list and I'm making some progress with the ig_shop script installation.

The major problem I have is that when I try to view images I have uploaded to the category_images folder I get the following message:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /ig_shop/admin/product_images on this server

It seems to affect all directories that are accessed via a symlink.
The symlinks work via ftp though.

Permissions are all set correctly to 777
Any ideas?

thanks for any advice

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[portabledeluxe]

I found and fixed the problem. My Apache server was set to not allow SimlinkFollow (a default security measure). I put this option on in a .htaccess file in the Admin directory - now it works!

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