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  1. Application Server 7
  2. AS7-3414

Symbolic links inside deployed ear/war are not followed by web server

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      create a symbolic link inside a deployed application and attempt to access it from the web.

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      create a symbolic link inside a deployed application and attempt to access it from the web.
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      when creating a symbolic link inside a deployed ear/war the symbolic link's target is not followed when
      accessing it from a web browser
      i.e.
      in jboss-as/standalone/deplyoment/somedomain.ear/files we created a symbolic link named "version.js"
      which points to /usr/share/something/version.js
      the target file (/usr/share/...) is accessible by all (chmod'd to 777) and is readable by the jboss-as user which runs
      the Jboss application server.

      when accessing http://domain:8080/something/files/version.js we get an 404 error, seems like the file is not found by
      the server.

      when placing the file instead of symbolic link, the file is accessible and all is well

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            Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JBPAPP6-1549 Symbolic links inside deployed ear/war are not followed by web server

            • Major - A request that should be considered seriously but is not a show stopper.
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            Feature Request - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. AS7-3357 Provide a solution to access external files from within a Java EE Artifact.

            • Major - A request that should be considered seriously but is not a show stopper.
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            is related to

            Feature Request - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. WFLY-4254 Symbolic links within web applications do not work

            • Major - A request that should be considered seriously but is not a show stopper.
            • Closed

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                • Assignee:
                  navssurtani Navin Surtani
                  Reporter:
                  ranglust Ronen Angluster
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