PHP: Symlink in public_html cannot be accessed through browser

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Published on 2010-04-05T02:45:57Z Indexed on 2010/04/05 2:53 UTC
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I have tester.php file which I want to run on the browser and I have created symlink to it in my public_html folder, but still when I try to run it, its not working and gives me following error message.

Access forbidden!

You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 403
web.upc03.dev.com
Sun Apr 4 22:41:23 2010
Apache

I am not sure as to why am I getting this error message, I have check all file permissions settings and it seems to be fine.

My File permissions settings are:

lrwxrwxrwx  for tester.php

Is there something that should be done other way or is this not the proper approach ?

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