selinux, apache and an NFS mounted DocumentRoot

[Norman Gaywood]

I have an apache on FC3 that uses an NFS mounted document root from an
FC1 server. Starting httpd on the FC3 system:

service httpd start
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 265 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
DocumentRoot must be a directory

In /var/log/messages, I get:

Jul 13 13:43:34 localhost kernel: audit(1121226214.986:0): avc:  denied { search } for  pid=26466 exe=/usr/sbin/httpd name=/ dev=0:1a ino=6 scontext=root:system_r:httpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:nfs_t tclass=dir

DocumentRoot is a directory. It seems to be a selinux permission
thing. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix this?

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Norman Gaywood, Systems Administrator
School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia

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