Apache2 directory listing problem F16

[Steven Stern]

On 07/30/2012 08:41 AM, Mark Haney wrote:
> On 07/27/2012 01:22 PM, David Quigley wrote:
>> On 07/27/2012 12:46, Tim wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 11:55 -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
>>>> The problem is, no matter what I do, I get an access denied error. By
>>>> default apache2 has INDEXES enabled for DOCROOT, but to be on the safe
>>>> side I added a new directory directive for <DOCROOT/pics> and set
>>>> INDEXES.  Still nothing.
>>>
>>> Is your access denied error just for trying to view an index, or does it
>>> happen when trying to view anything?
> 
> It happens when I try to view anything.
>>>
>>> Did you set that directive /after/ any opposing rules, were set?  And is
>>> your filepath inside the usual docroot, or outside of it?  (It goes
>>> inside <Directory> clauses.)
>>>
>>> The files, and all the directories back to the Linux /, all need to be
>>> world-readable, and the directories also need to be world executable.
>>>
>>> e.g. /var/
>>>      /var/www/
>>>      /var/www/html/
>>>      /var/www/html/whatever-else/
>>>
>>> All need to have at least -------r-x directory permissions, and
>>> -------r-- file permissions.
> 
> This is okay.
> 
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
>>> 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
>>>
>>> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.  I
>>> read messages from the public lists.
>>
>> If he is serving from an unusual path he should use the semanage
> 
> The Apache2 setup is the default setup.  DOCROOT is /var/www/html and I
> simply added a new directory /var/www/html/pics to it.  I tinkered with
> setting a new DIRECTORY  directive with the new directory and +Indexes,
> allow from all just to see if it worked.
> 
> Everything I've tried seems to end up with an SELinux error.  I've got
> it disabled now, but haven't rebooted to see if that fixes it.  It's
> strange, the troubleshooter offers a couple of commands to set SELinux
> correctly for what I want, but it still chokes on it.
> 
> 
> 
If you copied files from some other directory into pics, then they
probably brought along their existing context.  Go back to /var/www/html
and try "sudo restorecon -r *".

-- 
-- Steve