[CentOS] File access in Apache 2.4

Thu Nov 23 12:02:30 UTC 2017
Alexander Farber <alexander.farber at gmail.com>

Hi David,

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 3:19 AM, david <david at daku.org> wrote:

> I'm having file-access problems in Apache 2.4 under Centos 7.  In
> particular:
>
> - I have a file that's readable to every user and every application,
> (writeable by only one user), but my CGI scripts cannot read it.
>
> - Some of my CGI scripts need temporary storage for some files.  They are,
> for example, some internal log files, tnat get cleaned up over time, but I
> want to be able to look at them (as root).  Where would you suggest they be
> placed?  I've tried /tmp/my_private_files/, and /var/tmp/my_private_files/,
> but Apache fails to find even the directory.
>


in the /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service file change PrivateTmp=true to
PrivateTmp=false
and then "systemctl daemon-reload" and "systemctl restart httpd"

Regards
Alex