I have a CGI script called index.cgi
It is trying to read a log file called 10.128.0.242.2012.sep.20.downloaded.txt under the path /var/log/trafcount/
It appears that it is being blocked by selinux.
The audit log shows something like
type=AVC msg=audit(1348158321.873:1472116): avc: denied { read } for pid=11620 comm="index.cgi" name="10.128.0.242.2012.sep.20.downloaded.txt" dev=dm-0 ino=395264 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:httpd_sys_script_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0 tclass=file
How can I allow this script full access to all files under /var/log/trafcount ?
Best Answer
One way is with the 'chcon' command with the following:
This will get you access across reboots, but not across SELinux relabelings. In the long run, I'd suggest creating a custom type and creating a rule for that in SELinux so that both /var/log and Apache can happily continue to use it.
Source: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SELinux (Lots of great stuff on SELinux under CentOS in there)