apache, nfs & selinux

apache, nfs & selinux

> I have an apache on FC3 that uses an NFS mounted document root from an > FC1 server. Starting httpd on the FC3 system: > > service httpd start > Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 265 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: > DocumentRoot must be a directory > > In /var/log/messages, I get: > > Jul 13 13:43:34 localhost kernel: audit(1121226214.986:0): avc: denied { search }  > for pid=26466 exe=/usr/sbin/httpd name=/ dev=0:1a ino=6  > scontext=root:system_r:httpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:nfs_t tclass=dir > > DocumentRoot is a directory. It seems to be a selinux permission > thing. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix this? Try mounting the DocumentRoot filesystem with the "context=system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t" filesystem option. or setsebool -P use_nfs_home_dirs=1 should also fix it.