The "FollowSymLinks" setting of the DocumentRoot should be enabled or disabled as appropriate. (1) FollowSymLinks / -FollowSymLinks / +FollowSymLinks / None (1) Apache configuration file: Options directive (in DocumentRoot Directory directive) L1 15. Directory Functionality/Features Directives p23 1.8 Directory Functionality Control with the Options Directive p16 CIS Apache Benchmark for Unix v1.7 For Apache Versions 1.3 and 2.0 CIS 2007-07-01 Version 1.7 Prose (PDF) Security Configuration Benchmark For Apache Web Server CIS 2008-11-01 Version 2.2.0 Prose (PDF)