Apache problems on FC3?

[jeffrey Lang]

David Hoffman wrote:

>On Apr 7, 2005 1:04 PM, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:
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>>Am Do, den 07.04.2005 schrieb jeffrey Lang um 19:59:
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>>>Verify that you have turned off SElinux,  check the file
>>>/etc/selinux/config, make sure that SELINUX=disabled and not enforcing
>>>or something else.   I had this same type of problem with apache and perl.
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>>>jeff
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>>No good advise! Why do you say so? Don't switch off security settings
>>just because you don't know how to deal with them correctly. There is
>>documentation
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>>http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-apache-fc3/
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>I'll second that statement. Sure, there are times when you might have
>a server in a well protected environment, and don't have any need for
>SELinux, and it may be safe to suggest turning it off. But for the
>majority of users and environments, you will want to keep it on.
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>Find out why the door is closed, and learn how to open it.
>Don't knock a big hole through it so anyone can come in.
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I guess i should have added that you should verify this, and then slowly 
add back in the security, so you know what works and what doesn't.   I 
agree that this would cause a security hole, if left disabled.
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