Unwritable php files with Apache under FC3

Rahul Sundaram rahulsundaram at gmail.com
Sat Nov 27 03:08:18 UTC 2004


On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 21:50:58 -0500, Jeremy Conlin
<jeremyconlin at mail.weber.edu> wrote:
> I recently installed some php scripts to share my genealogy info online,
> the software package is called phpGedView.  When I go to the website for
> the first time, I go to a setup screen but it says a particular file is
> unwritable so I can't configure my server.  I have set all the permissions
> of the associated files and their parent directories to 777 with no effect.
> A few weeks ago I installed the same set of php scripts on FC2 with no
> special configuration required and everything worked great.  Is there some
> change with Apache since FC2 that might make it so I can't write to a file
> from a web browser?  

it seems fedora selinux is preventing this. please read the fc3
selinux faq and if disabling selinux for apache works then you can
investigate this further and learn about it

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Regards,
Rahul Sundaram




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