-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/14/2013 09:57 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Rick Stevens writes: > >> On 01/14/2013 05:38 PM, Sam Varshavchik issued this missive: >>> Rick Stevens writes: >>> >>>> On 01/14/2013 05:15 PM, Sam Varshavchik issued this missive: >>>>> Tom Horsley writes: >>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:32:19 -0500 Sam Varshavchik wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> … appears to be Apache. After installing the most recent >>>>>> systemd update: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> systemd[1429]: Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning >>>>>>> /usr/sbin/httpd: >>>>>> Operation >>>>>>> not permitted >>>>>> >>>>>> I just installed updates (and rebooted) this morning and apache >>>>>> seems to be running fine on my desktop. I've got >>>>>> systemd-44-23.fc17.x86_64 >>>>> >>>>> Yeah, some of my other machines seems to have survived. But all I >>>>> know, is that on a stripped down, headless box, this update broke >>>>> Apache, until I took out PrivateTmp out of httpd.service. Only >>>>> systemd was updated, apache wasn't. That's all I can figure out for >>>>> now. The error message text wasn't very helpful, and googling it >>>>> around found a bunch of references to PrivateTmp, so I took it out, >>>>> and systemctl start httpd.service worked. Put it back, systemd >>>>> refuses to start it, take it out, it works. >>>> >>>> Did you check to see if you have any selinux log entries pertaining >>>> to this? "Operation not permitted" smells selinux-ishy to me. >>> >>> This stripped down box does not use selinux. >>> >>> Jan 14 06:54:40 shorty kernel: [ 3.219771] SELinux: Disabled at >>> runtime. Jan 14 06:54:40 shorty kernel: [ 3.249018] type=1404 >>> audit(1358164472.135:2): selinux=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 >>> >>> /etc/selinux/config has SELINUX=disabled >>> >>> The only thing that comes to mind that I have non-standard is: >>> >>> [root@shorty ~]# ls -al /var/www lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Apr 19 >>> 2011 /var/www -> ../home/www >>> >>> But if this caused some unfathomable problem with systemd's >>> PrivateTmp, I'd expect apache to barf, instead of systemd whining. >> >> That isn't a broken link, is it, or some permissions issue where systemd >> (or Apache) doesn't have access to /home/www? I can see /var/www being a >> symlink to /home/<someuser>/www or even /home/www, but does the apache >> user have write access to it? > > As I wrote before: after disabling PrivateTmp for httpd.service, Apache > comes up just fine. > > It would quite an impressive accomplishment if the presence of PrivateTmp > directive in httpd.service would somehow break and unbreak, repeatedly, a > symlink somewhere else in the filesystem. > > Furthermore, if, somehow were that to be the case, everything that I've > ever learned about Unix or Linux tells me that it would be apache crapping > all over my syslog, instead of systemd. > > > > What might be happening is the ability for the container to see mount points from the host system. If you run mount --make-rshared / Before starting the apache service with the PrivateTmp, does the apache server work? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlD1flcACgkQrlYvE4MpobNUiwCg0p/0ec8JOF4Z2baunOvM0/Ig FjYAoI8kdxrd1A2lM0yDGTztj7nEoIhQ =FqJg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org