httpd

httpd forbidden on symlinks

You need to make sure that the parent folder has access permissions. 1

ln -s /somewhere/else/folder /var/www/html/folder
chown -h httpd:httpd /var/www/html/folder
chmod o+x /somewhere/else

1. Apache won't follow symlinks (403 Forbidden), by palacsint on Sept 11, 2011 ↩