unable to change DocumentRoot

[invincible_virus]

Hi,

 

I have apache2 http server installed on Fedora 8.

I generally log in as non-root user, so I wanted to change document root in httpd.conf to "/home/saurabh/mysite".

After changing the files, when I try to start http server, I get an error -

Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 280 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:

DocumentRoot must be a directory

Also, I get a pop-up error saying

SELinux

AVC denial. Click here to view.

But, when I click, nothing appears.

 

Any Ideas??

 

[corbin]

Can you show us your DocumentRoot line?

[invincible_virus]

Here it is -

DocumentRoot "/home/saurabh/pgspace"

<Directory "/home/saurabh/pgspace">

 

 

[corbin]

Hrmmm, I doubt this is it, but try:

 

DocumentRoot "/home/saurabh/pgspace/"

 

 

If you go into bash or the shell or something, can you cd to that dir?  Just to make sure it's typed correctly and what not.

[invincible_virus]

thanks corbin.

Already tried all these things without any success. I guess it has something to do with that AVC denial error.

[corbin]

What user does Apache run as?  Might wanna make sure it has access to the directory.

[invincible_virus]

I log in as a normal user.

Then I open a terminal & switch to root, and execute command to start apache server.

Also, In the same terminal I am able to do a 'cd' to that directory. Which means, both the normal user & root have access to that directory.