[ale] Apache permission problem

[brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)]

On 01/21/2010 07:34 PM, Terry Bailey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a web server running Centos in a data center.  If I use ftp to 
> upload file abc.jpg to a directory within the document root, apache 
> displays it just fine.
> 
> However, when I send abc.jpg as an attachment to mutt, save the file 
> and then mv it over to the same directory within the document root, 
> apache says that I do not have permission to access the file.
> 
> The owner/group and read/write/execute permissions are the same in both cases.
> 
> The must be something hidden like a sticky bit.

The problem is the selinux context. Check with ls -Z and you'll see that
the one that can't be read has a context of user_home_t when you
probably need httpd_sys_content_t. You can fix it with chcon.

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All the best,
Brian Pitts