apache problem with soft link

[Christofer C. Bell]

On 1/23/06, Gordon Messmer <yinyang at eburg.com> wrote:
>
> You're probably running in to SELinux restrictions.  You may need to use
> "chcon" to change the "type" of the files that are the targets of your
> symlinks, so that httpd can read them.
>
> Try "chcon -t httpd_user_content_t" for the destination files and
> directories.
>
> Also, watch the file /var/log/messages.  The kernel should be telling
> you what was denied, and why.

Just a point of clarification, if the platform is FC4, then the log
file will be /var/log/audit/audit.log for SELinux messages.

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Chris

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