Problem with apache accessing files outside of /var/www/html directory
Josef Kubin
jkubin at redhat.com
Tue Feb 19 16:52:50 UTC 2008
Hello David,
consider using the default directory /var/www/cgi-bin/ for your CGI scripts.
If you have moved some files you should also fix context
# restorecon -Rv /var/www/cgi-bin/
Note, cp and mv behaves differently on files as regards of security context.
Josef
David Bartmess wrote:
> I’m trying to get apache to serve up via a CGI script the formatted
> contents of a directory outside of the DocumentRoot directory structure,
> and SELinux is giving me a “Permissions Denied” error.
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> How can I modify the SELinux context on the files being shown to fix this?
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> The current files/dirs have the following context:
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> drwxr-xr-x apache apache system_u:object_r:default_t v1x3x3_R3-6
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> drwxr-xr-x apache apache system_u:object_r:default_t v1x3x4-R1-0
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> drwxr-xr-x apache apache system_u:object_r:default_t v1x3x4-R2-0
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> -rwxr-xr-x apache apache system_u:object_r:default_t
> ASUCTests_v1-2-3_b1x3x4.R2_JUnitReport.zip
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> -rwxr-xr-x apache apache system_u:object_r:default_t
> Emma_Acquisition_Configuration_v2-3-0.zip
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> I’m a newbie at this SELinux stuff, so please speak clearly <grin>
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