FC5 SELinux prevents php from connecting to postgresql

[Paul Howarth]

On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 18:35 -0300, Clodoaldo Pinto wrote:
> FC5 SELinux prevents php from connecting to postgresql.
> 
> I had a hard time trying to figure out why I could not connect from
> php to postgres locally in a new and patched FC5 box, although I could
> connect to that same postgres server and with the same user from
> another box (FC3).
> 
> >From /var/log/messages:
> 
> kernel: audit(1151945653.900:39): avc:  denied  { name_connect } for
> pid=17167 comm="httpd" dest=5432 scontext=user_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0
> tcontext=system_u:object_r:postgresql_port_t:s0 tclass=tcp_socket

Try:
# setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_db 1

Paul.