Apache oddity

[Graham Campbell]

On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 17:58, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Ok, I thought I'd toss this one out there as I'm having trouble sorting
> it out.
> 
> Configuration: FC1, 2.4.22-1.2188nptlsmp, 2GB, Apache 1.3.29/PHP 4.3.6
> Weirdness: Everything is installed in /usr/local/test (including
> libraries, configs, document roots, cgi-bin, the lot).  Apache runs fine
> from there, serves pages and works perfectly.
> 
> When the contents of /usr/local/test are copied to an NFS volume which
> is then mounted at /usr/local/test, apache runs but will not serve
> pages.  Apache's error log shows:
> 
> (13)Permission denied: access to / failed because search permissions are
> missing on a component of the path
> 
> Again, the EXACT CODE is used (via a "cp -a").  Ownership and
> permissions are fine (trust me, I've checked).  Has anyone seen this
> behaviour?  Care to clue me in?  Is Fedora doing something, uh,
> "special" in its NFS handling?  Apache's message is misleading at best.

If the logs directory is also NFS mounted, I suggest looking at the
documentation for the LockFile directive in the configuration file.
-- 
Graham Campbell <gc1111 at optonline.net>