Selinux with Apache running PHP

[Jayendren Anand Maduray]

Hi!

 >What avc messages are you seeing in /var/log/messages or 
/var/log/audit/audit.log?

 From /var/log/messages:

Nov  4 20:27:22 shiva dbus: avc:  1 AV entries and 1/512 buckets used, 
longest chain length 1
Nov  4 20:27:49 shiva dbus: avc:  3 AV entries and 3/512 buckets used, 
longest chain length 1

 From var/log/audit/audit.log:

NONE - i do not have the specified directory on my system?



Daniel J Walsh wrote:

> Jayendren Anand Maduray wrote:
>
>>
>> Good day all.
>>
>> I am having trouble running PHP files in my webserver: Apache.
>>
>> Here is some information:
>>
>> [root at shiva warez]# rpm -qi php
>> Name        : php                          Relocations: (not 
>> relocatable)
>> Version     : 4.3.11                            Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
>> Release     : 2.7                           Build Date: Thu 25 Aug 
>> 2005 11:26:47 SAST
>> Install Date: Thu 03 Nov 2005 13:51:24 SAST      Build Host: 
>> tweety.build.redhat.com
>> Group       : Development/Languages         Source RPM: 
>> php-4.3.11-2.7.src.rpm
>> Size        : 3373100                          License: The PHP License
>> Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Thu 25 Aug 2005 18:02:04 SAST, Key ID 
>> b44269d04f2a6fd2
>> Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
>> URL         : http://www.php.net/
>> Summary     : The PHP HTML-embedded scripting language. (PHP: 
>> Hypertext Preprocessor)
>>
>> [root at shiva warez]# rpm -qi httpd
>> Name        : httpd                        Relocations: (not 
>> relocatable)
>> Version     : 2.0.52                            Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
>> Release     : 3.1                           Build Date: Thu 11 Nov 
>> 2004 17:39:18 SAST
>> Install Date: Fri 22 Apr 2005 08:37:05 SAST      Build Host: 
>> dolly.build.redhat.com
>> Group       : System Environment/Daemons    Source RPM: 
>> httpd-2.0.52-3.1.src.rpm
>> Size        : 2407431                          License: Apache 
>> Software License
>> Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Fri 12 Nov 2004 22:58:01 SAST, Key ID 
>> b44269d04f2a6fd2
>> Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
>> URL         : http://httpd.apache.org/
>> Summary     : The httpd Web server
>>
>> [root at shiva warez]# uname -a
>> Linux shiva 2.6.9-1.667smp #1 SMP Tue Nov 2 14:59:52 EST 2004 i686 
>> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>
>> SElinux is running in enforcing mode, and I have disabled protection 
>> for apache.
>>
>> I am trying to setup PHP Nuke on my webserver, but it has trouble 
>> running PHP files.
>>
>> Also tried the following from the fedora-forum:
>>
>> changed permissions of the php files: chmod 755 *.php
>> turning off SELinux protection, which works of course.
>>
>> But I like SELinux!!!
>>
>> Please advise.
>>
> What avc messages are you seeing in /var/log/messages or 
> /var/log/audit/audit.log?
>

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