On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Marc Fromm <Marc.Fromm@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The service httpd is currently stopped. The last time it ran on this > server was July 2006. I tried to start the service with the command > "service httpd start" The prompt returns as [FAILED]. I checked the log > messages and found some hard to understand comments. > > This is one of the messages: > kernel: audit(1204054590.456:293): avc: denied { search } for > pid=14539 comm="httpd" name="secure" dev=md0 ino=1119372 > scontext=user_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0 > tcontext=user_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 tclass=dir > > Can someone assist with understanding what the message means and how can > start the httpd daemon? Looks to me like your selinux permissions are messed up. See if "setenforce 0" makes it work. In any case, it looks like an OS-specific problem, so you might have better luck on a list dedicated to your OS. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx