[EP-tech] Re: File upload failed

[Fran Callaghan]

Hi Tim,

Actually setenforce 0 does work! Now all I have to do is figure out what setenforce does and what I've just done to my test eprints server :-)

Thanks for this step Tim,

Fran

-----Original Message-----
From: eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tim Brody
Sent: 16 March 2012 14:46
To: eprints-tech at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Subject: [EP-tech] Re: File upload failed

On Fri, 2012-03-16 at 14:26 +0000, Fran Callaghan wrote:
> Thanks Casey,
> 
>  
> 
> I think I got it, at least the httpd is now running as eprints 
> according to the output from ‘ps’. There is still a problem with 
> permissions though, as even the stop/start indexer button doesn’t 
> work, saying “Error writing pid file /opt/eprints3/var/indexer.pid:
> Permission denied” which suggests that even though the httpd process 
> is running under the eprints user it still doesn’t have permission on 
> the eprints directories under /opt/eprints3/ Is this something to do 
> with the sticky bit on group? I’ve noticed the permission are 
> ‘drwxrwsr-x’ on the directories and wonder if there was a problem with 
> the umask whilst installing?
> 
>  
> 
> Also, the documents/disk0 directory is there but there is nothing 
> under it, at what point does the 00 etc directories get created?

Are you running SELinux ?

If it works after setenforce 0 is run then you have an selinux permission problem.

Cheers,
Tim.