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Re: SELinux (FC3), Subversion, & Apache - Newbie question

From: <kfogel_at_collab.net>
Date: 2005-03-10 01:39:30 CET

Jason Hunt <xfleax@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello All,
> I am having troubles with getting subversion to run appropriately
> over WebDAV via Apache. Below are the steps I took to replicate the
> problem.

Jason,

I saw the word "SELinux" and remembered that there are some items in
our FAQ (http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html) about "selinux". Take
a look there.

-Karl

> I installed FC3, apache2, subversion (1.1.2), and mod_dav_svn.
>
> While logged in as root I performed the following:
> 1) issue the 'mkdir /home/svnroot'
> 2) issue the 'mkdir /home/svnroot/conf'
> 3) issue the svnadmin create '/home/svnroot/test' command.
> 4) issue the 'svn import /home/username/projectname
> file:///home/svnroot/test -m "initial import"' command
> 5) edit the httpd.conf file as follows:
>
> LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
> LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so
>
> <VirtualHost *:80>
> ServerAdmin me@email.com
> ErrorLog logs/server-error_log
> CustomLog logs/server-access_log common
>
> <Location /svn>
> DAV svn
> SVNParentPath /home/svnhome
>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName "Subversion repositories"
> AuthUserFile /home/svnhome/conf/svnpasswd
> Require valid-user
> </Location>
> </VirtualHost>
> 6) create the svnpasswd file 'htpasswd -cm
> /home/svnroot/conf/svnpasswd username' then enter their password.
> 7) issue the 'chcon -R -h -t httpd_user_content_t /home/svnroot' command.
> 8) restart apache ('service httpd restart')
>
> All of this works fine.
>
> When I try and access the repository using IE
> (http://192.168.0.199/svn) on my Windows workstation, I receive the
> prompt to enter my credentials and the following error finds its way
> into the logs:
>
> avc: denied { read } for pid=12536 exe=/usr/sbin/httpd name=home
> dev=dm-0 ino=23 scontext=root:system_r:httpd_t
> tcontext=root:object_r:root_t tclass=lnk_file
>
> I know that I have seen this error in the mailing list, but I am too
> newbie to understand what the error is telling me I need to do to
> correct this problem. I am having the feeling that the access is being
> stopped at the /home directory and not even getting to the
> /home/svnroot directory, but I am not certain how to fix the problem
> effectively. Any help to correct this would be appreciated.
>
> Jason Hunt
>
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