Quote Originally Posted by verzea View Post
Found it! Thanks. The unusual behavior was caused by the missing /pub directory from my installation. It is something that I deliberated removed after install (don't ask me why :)). Now it seems to be ok. Thanks again.
Good catch. I wasn't expecting that to be the cause, but am glad you found it and fixed it.
Restoring the /pub/ folder and the .htaccess and index.html inside it should suffice, as long as the folder is also writable so symlinks can be created in it.