[Koha] a few koha errors

[Joshua Ferraro]

SELinux users,

There's a better way.  Instead of disabling SELinux for httpd just change
the context for the Koha directories.  The utility for doing this is called
'chcon' (and I see I forgot to include information on this in the install
guide).  Here's a brief description of how to use it:

First, check the context for the directories that you know work for httpd:

[root at koha]# ls -Z /var/www/
drwxr-xr-x  root     root     system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_script_exec_t cgi-bin
drwxr-xr-x  root     root     system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t error
drwxr-xr-x  root     root     system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t html
drwxr-xr-x  root     root     system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t icons
drwxr-xr-x  root     root     system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t manual
drwxr-xr-x  webalize root     system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t usage
  
Then, use the chcon utility to label the koha subdirs as for their counterparts
in /var/www.  Here's the syntax:

chcon <context> /usr/local/koha/<subdirectory>

For more info on SELinux check out the FC3 FAQ:

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc3/

Hope that helps.  Post here if you have any questions, etc.  (Stephen could
you add the above to the "Installing Koha on Fedora Core" manual?)

Joshua

On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 08:37:52AM +0100, Giuseppe.Angilella at ct.infn.it wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Sebastian Krieg wrote:
> 
> >Hello Giuseppe,
> >
> >I also use Koha with FC3. Your error´s reason is selinux.
> >
> >Go to command prompt an type: /usr/bin/system-config-securitylevel as root.
> >There is "SELinux" and mark the entry
> >"HTTPD-Service | Disable SELinux protection for httpd daemon"
> >
> >You can also do the same with the entry
> >"SELinux Service Protection | Disable SELinux protectionfor mysqld daemon"
> >
> >I hope it´s the right way for you.
> >
> >Sebastian
> 
> Dear Sebastian,
> 
> it worked! Many, many thanks!
> 
> I didn't use to have anything like that in RedHat 9.0, and was completely 
> stymied.
> 
> (Incidentally, I do have the httpd entry in SELinux, but not the mysqld 
> one.)
> 
> I made a lot of other trials (which I am not going to report in full 
> here), but observed a strange behavior. I could not execute _any_ script 
> located in _any_ subdir of the path /usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin, even 
> when correctly defined in httpd.conf, whereas I _could_ execute such 
> scripts, if copied to /var/www/cgi-bin (or subdirs), i.e. httpd's default 
> location for cgi's.
> 
> Therefore, I was beginning to fancy that a possible workaround to my 
> problem was to perform a new installation of koha under /var/www/koha, but 
> I didn't try - THANKS to your most precious suggestion!
> 
> Many thanks again,
> 
> Giuseppe.