[Xymon] Apache problem.

[Trever Noggle]

That was it.  Thank you.  selinux was the problem.


The problem I had was with libtirpc and libtirpc-devel not being 
installed.  It is now working as it should


On 9/24/2019 1:40 PM, Japheth Cleaver wrote:
> On 9/24/2019 12:30 PM, Trever Noggle wrote:
>> I now have Xymon built and running.  But I am unable to view the web 
>> interface.  I copied the xymon apache config file to /etc/conf.d 
>> directory and have confirmed that permissions are set to allow apache 
>> all the way in.  It is failing with this error: Symbolic link not 
>> allowed or link target not accessible: /home/xymon/server/www/index.html
>>
>> strace shows: [pid  4941] stat("/home/xymon/server/www/index.html", 
>> 0x7ffd6bd288a0) = -1 EACCE S (Permission denied)
>>
>>
>> here is the directory listing:
>>
>> [root at monsrv www]# ls -la
>> total 60
>> drwxr-xr-x. 10 xymon apache   195 Sep 24 13:24 .
>> drwxr-xr-x.  9 xymon apache   104 Sep 24 12:17 ..
>> -rw-r--r--.  1 xymon xymon   5283 Sep 24 13:24 critical.html
>> drwxr-xr-x.  2 xymon apache  4096 Sep 24 12:17 gifs
>> drwxr-xr-x.  3 xymon apache  4096 Sep 24 12:17 help
>> drwxr-xr-x.  2 xymon apache     6 Sep 24 12:17 html
>> lrwxrwxrwx.  1 xymon xymon     10 Sep 24 13:24 index.html -> xymon.html
>> drwxr-xr-x.  2 xymon apache   138 Sep 24 12:17 menu
>> -rw-r--r--.  1 xymon xymon  21609 Sep 24 13:24 nongreen.html
>> drwxr-xr-x.  2 xymon apache     6 Sep 24 12:17 notes
>> -rw-r--r--.  1 xymon xymon   7193 Sep 24 13:24 red.html
>> drwxrwxr-x.  2 xymon apache     6 Sep 24 12:17 rep
>> drwxrwxr-x.  2 xymon apache     6 Sep 24 12:17 snap
>> drwxr-xr-x.  2 xymon apache     6 Sep 24 12:17 wml
>> -rw-r--r--.  1 xymon xymon  12044 Sep 24 13:24 xymon.html
>>
>> Not sure if the fact that xymon.html is set to 644 or not.  I have 
>> tried to change it to 655 and it keeps getting reset back to 644. 
>> Even if I hit it before it changes back I still get the above error.
>
>
> The most common cause of this is some path in /home/xymon/server/www/ 
> not being readable/executable as a directory, but if you've confirmed 
> this you might also want to double-check that both Indexes and 
> FollowSymLinks are enabled as Options in your apache config for the 
> location in question. (You could also try hitting xymon.html directly 
> to exclude the symlink.)
>
> Finally, if you're compiling from source you'll want to check the 
> audit.log for SELinux denials if you have it enabled and enforcing. 
> Setting enforcement to 'Permissive' should be a useful test.
>
> Side note: What issues were you having with the RPM packages on 
> attempted install?
>
> HTH
> -jc
>