title: linking to files above the root PHP
body: <p>I recently switched servers.  From shared w/ control panel to a VPS</p>
  
  <p>On my old server this PHP worked:</p>
  
  <pre><code>header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename= 'welcome.doc'");
  header('Content-type: application/msword');
  readfile("/home/abcme/aboveroot/admin/welcome.doc");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The same folder structure exists in the new serve. There is a folder above home named aboveroot and a folder in that called admin and a file in that called welcome.doc</p>
  
  <p>I changed the /home/abcme so that "abcme" is the correct new accountname</p>
  
  <p>Now I get an error saying the file cannot be found.  Is there something that needs to be enabled in my server or what else might explain this?</p>