Apache 2.4/mpm-itk fails to serve sites from this NFS setup. When i move
the site to local storage with exact same permissions it works fine.
Also, if i set +x bits on all parent directores on the NFS setup, it
works.
When you tested with local storage did you also ensure the parent directories did not have the "x" (execute/search) bit set? Because I find it really hard to believe that would work if the web server process is not running as root. In UNIX like operating systems the "x" permission on a directory means you can see a file name in the directory if you know the name. The "r" permission on a directory means you can read (i.e., list) the names in the directory. Try the following test using local and NFS filesystems.
As user1 (e.g., root) create a directory and file. Note that it doesn't have
to be anchored at the root of the filesystem; I did so just for clarity and
brevity:
mkdir -m 555 /test
touch /test/file
As user2 (e.g., your personal account):
ls -l /test/file
As user1 remove the "x" permission from the directory:
chmod 544 /test
As user2 repeat the ls command:
ls -l /test/file
You should get a "permission denied" error.
As user1 restore the "x" permission and remove the "r" permission from the directory:
chmod 511 /test
As user2 repeat the ls command:
ls -l /test/file
It should work this time.
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Kurtis Rader
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