disable symlinks + try files = fail

[charlie]

ой, чуть не забыл:

# /usr/local/sbin/nginx -V
nginx version: nginx/1.2.0
built by gcc 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)
TLS SNI support disabled
configure arguments: --with-pcre=/usr/local/src/publicnginx/pcre-8.30
--sbin-path=/usr/local/sbin --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
--pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log
--http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --with-http_realip_module
--with-http_ssl_module --http-client-body-temp-path=/tmp/nginx_client
--http-proxy-temp-path=/tmp/nginx_proxy
--http-fastcgi-temp-path=/tmp/nginx_fastcgi
--with-http_stub_status_module

# uname -a
Linux test.ru 2.6.18-308.4.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 17 17:08:00 EDT 2012
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# cat /etc/redhat-release 
CentOS release 5.8 (Final)

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