Can't access folder on a TC drive via web server

Here's the setup:
I got a MBA (10.6) as a simple web server sharing files to a remote computer via VPN. For this, I created a symbolic link to the folders I want to share and dropped it into the root user's library/webserver/documents.
The remote client accesses the folders via web browser with the internal IP (192.168.xxx.xxx/"folder") of the host (I know, there are fancier ways to do this, but that's how I've been doing it so far).
Now, I wanted to relocate some of the folders to my TC drive. I did so, however I got an error message saying 'Forbidden, You don't have permission to access xxx on this server'. I tried to change the access permissions of the folders in question on the TC, but no avail.
I couldn't reach them from the local net either.
Anyone here, who knows how to solve this problem? Put it another way, is it even possible to access the TC that way?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

Thanks for the answer, but it was not the solution I have been looking for.
I found a provisional workaround installing MAMP. Dropping the symlink folder in htdocs did the job. However, I'd be glad, if someone out there knew how to do this on the native OS X Apache, since running an additional server is pretty bothersome.

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