title: Mac Apache 403 error on symlink
body: <p>I'm trying to set up directories for some of my php github projects in a separate directory and then create symlinks to them in the web document root.</p>
  
  <p>The document root is /Users/aharris88/sites. I set up a symlink like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ln -s ~/dropbox/github/tester/ ~/sites/tester
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>For now I have a simple index.php file in it with this code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  echo "hello";
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but when I go to localhost/~aharris88/tester I get a 403 Forbidden error.
  and when I go to localhost/~aharris88 it's not listed with the other directories.</p>
  
  <p>I've gone to /etc/apache2/users and added aharris88.conf with the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;Directory /Users/aharris88/Sites/&gt;
  Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
  AllowOverride All
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm using the stock OS X Apache install, but it works when I run mamp instead and go to localhost:8888/tester/.
  So how can I make this symlink work with the stock OS X Apache install?</p>