Symbolic link fails when User Authentication comes in

I am using Apache user authentication, and it works fine. However, if there is a symbolic link inside a securied directory, the symbolic linked file will deny any access. For example, directory "/apps/apache/docs/test1" is a securied directory, and there is a symbolic linked file "file1.txt", after you logged into directory "/apps/apache/docs/test1" and try to access "file1.txt", you will be denied for the access? Does anyone have any idea? Thanks, David _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com