OK, I've done a lot of reading and I've even done some policy hacking. But there are some fundamental things about selinux I just don't understand yet. So I do a fresh FC4 install, log in, mkdir /local and make and mount a couple of filesystems under it: /svn and /trac. I do chcon -R --reference=/var/www /local/svn and httpd can see stuff under /local/svn without issue. So I wonder if that change is permanent or if I'll get boned if the system gets relabeled: > s restorecon -n -R -v /local /sbin/restorecon reset /local context root:object_r:root_t->system_u:object_r:default_t /sbin/restorecon reset /local/trac context system_u:object_r:file_t->system_u:object_r:default_t /sbin/restorecon reset /local/trac/lost+found context system_u:object_r:file_t->system_u:object_r:default_t Looks OK; the context on /local/svn isn't going to change. So I go ahead and drop the '-n' so I'm not surprised later, which had the effect of surprising me immediately. Now httpd can't look in /local/svn (because it can't see under /local?): > s ausearch -i -ui apache [...blah...] type=PATH msg=audit(02/03/06 15:22:17.034:320) : item=0 name=/local flags=none inode=65545 dev=fd:00 mode=dir,755 ouid=root ogid=root rdev=00:00 type=CWD msg=audit(02/03/06 15:22:17.034:320) : cwd=/ type=AVC_PATH msg=audit(02/03/06 15:22:17.034:320) : path=/local type=SYSCALL msg=audit(02/03/06 15:22:17.034:320) : arch=i386 syscall=lstat64 success=no exit=-13(Permission denied) a0=8db7f40 a1=bfbeb7bc a2=dc6ff4 a3=bfbeb7bc items=1 pid=8587 auid=tibbs uid=apache gid=apache euid=apache suid=apache fsuid=apache egid=apache sgid=apache fsgid=apache comm=httpd exe=/usr/sbin/httpd type=AVC msg=audit(02/03/06 15:22:17.034:320) : avc: denied { getattr } for pid=8587 comm=httpd name=local dev=dm-0 ino=65545 scontext=root:system_r:httpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:default_t tclass=dir So changing the context from root:object_r:root_t to system_u:object_r:default_t locks httpd out? I have not changed the policy booleans from their default values: allow_httpd_anon_write inactive allow_httpd_sys_script_anon_write inactive httpd_builtin_scripting active httpd_can_network_connect inactive httpd_disable_trans inactive httpd_enable_cgi active httpd_enable_ftp_server inactive httpd_enable_homedirs active httpd_ssi_exec active httpd_suexec_disable_trans inactive httpd_tty_comm inactive httpd_unified active I don't think it would be proper to chcon /local to the same context as /local/svn, because I will certainly mount non-httpd-visible things under /local. So what is the proper way to fix this? Any enlightenment would be very much appreciated, - J< -- fedora-selinux-list mailing list fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list