By dia0420 on

Yesterday, I was having problems with my Drupal site. Was getting many MYSQL database missing... line 135 errors. My hosting company's error log was showing a problem with the .htaccess file and the Options +FollowSymLinks option within the file.

Tech support at the hosting company said that it was not allowed due to security concerns.

I began looking for a different performance module to replace Boost, but eventually got through to someone else at the hosting company that told me I could remove the line "Options +FollowSymLinks" from the file, and replace it with the more secure option "Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch" instead.

Once I did that, the site began working (with Boost) correctly without errors.

I had to change it in the .htaccess file in my Drupal root folder, AND in the .htaccess file at "/drupal root/cache/" folder.

I just wanted to post this in case someone else is searching for possible solutions to this issue.

Hosting company is: acehost

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

Comments

bgm’s picture

bgm commented

Thanks for your comment. If you have other issues regarding Boost, you can post in the issue-queue specific to the Boost module: http://drupal.org/project/issues/boost

Someone else has opened an issue for this problem: http://drupal.org/node/1440754

cssbrain’s picture

cssbrain commented

EASY SOLUTION:

sites/default/all/modules/boost

open boost.module with FTP and Notepad++

find at line 3134:
$string .= "Options +FollowSymLinks\n";

and replace with
$string .= "Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch\n";

and the problem is solved!