I have some CGI scripts deep withing my directory structure that I frequently access via my browser (my scripts must be in the cgi-bin or they won't be executed). Having recently discovered (forgive me my ignorance) symbolic links, I created a symbolic link in my web accessible folder (parent to my cgi-bin) to the folder containing my CGI scripts. I created it using the following syntax:

symlink (NEW_LINK_PATH,FOLDER_LOCATION_PATH);

And this works fine. I can see it in my <web-based-file-manager-application>, and when I click on it it is properly linked to the folder in question.

All of my scripts can be accessed just fine when going to

http://www.myserver.com/cgi-bin/<longpath>/script.cgi

However when attempting

http://www.myserver.com/<symbolic link>/script.cgi

I get a 403 forbidden error. What do I need to do differently? Permissions on the symbolic link are 755.

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