On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 06:09, Thomas Liesner wrote: > I think this has to do with selinux. The corresponding entries > in /var/log/messages are: > > > Nov 5 12:04:55 fusie kernel: audit(1099652695.277:0): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=4587 exe=/usr/sbin/httpd path=/home/thomas/public_html dev=hda3 ino=1456101 scontext=root:system_r:httpd_t tcontext=user_u:object_r:user_home_t tclass=dir /sbin/restorecon -R /home/thomas/public_html By default, the policy prohibits apache from reading your home directory, but if you assign appropriate security labels to your public_html subdirectory using the above command, it should allow access to that subdirectory. -- Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> National Security Agency