id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	uname	nginx_version
637	"""disable_symlinks"" doesn't work on Windows"	Dan Dascalescu		"[emerg] 2716#4564: unknown directive ""disable_symlinks""

I tried using it in all contexts: http, server, location.

Same problem reported on MacOS - http://serverfault.com/questions/559490/nginx-symlinks-permission-denied-403-forbidden-on-mac-osx

Nginx 1.7.6 on Windows 7 64-bit, NTFS file system if that matters."	defect	closed	major		nginx-core	1.7.x	invalid				"nginx version: nginx/1.7.6
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --with-cc=cl --builddir=objs.msvc8 --with-debug --prefix= --conf-path=conf/nginx.conf --pid-path=logs/nginx.pid --http-log-path=logs/access.log --error-log-path=logs/error.log --sbin-path=nginx.exe --http-client-body-temp-path=temp/client_body_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=temp/proxy_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=temp/fastcgi_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=temp/scgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=temp/uwsgi_temp --with-cc-opt=-DFD_SETSIZE=1024 --with-pcre=objs.msvc8/lib/pcre-8.35 --with-zlib=objs.msvc8/lib/zlib-1.2.8 --with-select_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-mail --with-openssl=objs.msvc8/lib/openssl-1.0.1i --with-openssl-opt=enable-tlsext --with-http_ssl_module --with-mail_ssl_module --with-ipv6"