Fedora 12 + Httpd + Userdir + SElinux Works (From Albertux~# ./Blog)

Fedora 12 + Httpd + Userdir + SElinux Works

First install LAMP stack see the guide on HowtoForge

replace $USER for your username

 mkdir $USER/public_html firefox http://localhost/~$USER/

If you see only Forbidden (403), don't worry, do this:

I made a patch file (if you made custom changes on httpd.conf don't use this file, do manual changes)

Install patch on your system and patch httpd.conf

 yum install patch

my patch file:

 --- httpd-patch.conf	2010-01-30 14:59:51.811850034 -0800 +++ httpd.conf	2010-01-30 14:25:04.527864263 -0800 @@ -349,14 +349,15 @@      # of a username on the system (depending on home directory      # permissions).      # -    UserDir disabled +    #UserDir disabled +    UserDir enabled $USER        #      # To enable requests to /~user/ to serve the user's public_html      # directory, remove the "UserDir disabled" line above, and uncomment      # the following line instead:      #  -    #UserDir public_html +    UserDir public_html    </IfModule>   @@ -364,18 +365,18 @@  # Control access to UserDir directories.  The following is an example  # for a site where these directories are restricted to read-only.  # -#<Directory /home/*/public_html> -#    AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit -#    Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec -#    <Limit GET POST OPTIONS> -#        Order allow,deny -#        Allow from all -#    </Limit> -#    <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS> -#        Order deny,allow -#        Deny from all -#    </LimitExcept> -#</Directory> +<Directory /home/*/public_html> +    AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit +    Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec +    <Limit GET POST OPTIONS> +        Order allow,deny +        Allow from all +    </Limit> +    <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS> +        Order deny,allow +        Deny from all +    </LimitExcept> +</Directory>    #  # DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory

next do:

 patch /etc/httpd/httpd.conf < patch1.txt chmod 711 /home/$USER chmod 755 /home/$USER/public_html chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /home/$USER/public_html setsebool -P httpd_enable_homedirs 1

now:

 firefox http://localhost/~$USER/

Done.