httpd configuration

[Paul Howarth]

On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 13:01 +0930, Tim wrote:
> Tim:
> >>> Supplemental to the other suggestions, also check out the Apache SELinux
> >>> FAQ that's available from the Fedora website.  You may need to set up
> >>> userspace public_html directories with proper SELinux contexts, by hand.
> 
> Arthur Pemberton:
> >> That is automatic if 'www' is used i believe. But yah, the docs will tell.
> 
> Paul Howarth:
> > Looking at /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs
> > it would appear that www or web or public_html should all be OK.
> 
> mkdir public_html web www
> ls -Zd public_html web www
> drwxrwxr-x  tim      tim      user_u:object_r:user_home_t      public_html
> drwxrwxr-x  tim      tim      user_u:object_r:user_home_t      web
> drwxrwxr-x  tim      tim      user_u:object_r:user_home_t      www
> 
> I suspect that some relabelling is required, not just the creation of
> the required directories, to get user webspace to work.

Yes.

$ /sbin/restorecon -rv public_html web www

However, once you have the context set correctly for the directory, new
files created in the directory should inherit the context.

Paul.