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robi

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From: Zürich

Registered: 2025-02-06

Posts: 13

Write access denied for configuration files

Hi Everyone

After my unsuccessful installation on an RHEL Standard server from my company, I have a blank RHEL 9.5 installation used to add GLPI to it.

OS: RHEL9.5 (minimal installation)
Apache: Apache/2.4.62
PHP:  8.3.17
GLPI 10.0.18

Everything worked fine until I started the installation. I get this error:

Write access denied for configuration files
A temporary write access to the following files is required: `/var/www/html/glpi/config/config_db.php`, `/var/www/html/glpi/config/glpicrypt.key`.
Write access to these files can be removed once the operation is finished.

As I can see, the files can not be created as expected.
I checked my permissions, and it looks okay to me.

drwxr-xr-x. 24 apache apache 4.0K Feb 12 11:41 .
drwxr-xr-x.  3 root   root     18 Mar 11 09:30 ..
drwxr-xr-x.  2 apache apache 8.0K Feb 12 11:39 ajax
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache  63K Feb 12 11:39 apirest.md
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache 1.6K Feb 12 11:39 apirest.php
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache 1.6K Feb 12 11:39 apixmlrpc.php
drwxr-xr-x.  2 apache apache   21 Feb 12 11:39 bin
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache 1.5K Feb 12 11:39 caldav.php
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache  45K Feb 12 11:39 CHANGELOG.md
drwxr-xr-x.  2 apache apache   65 Mar 11 07:59 config
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache 2.1K Feb 12 11:39 CONTRIBUTING.md
drwxr-xr-x.  7 apache apache  101 Feb 12 11:39 css
drwxr-xr-x.  2 apache apache 4.0K Feb 12 11:41 css_compiled
drwxr-xr-x. 16 apache apache 4.0K Feb 12 11:39 files
drwxr-xr-x.  4 apache apache  24K Feb 12 11:39 front
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache 1.1K Feb 12 11:39 .htaccess
drwxr-xr-x.  2 apache apache  184 Feb 12 11:39 inc
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache 6.3K Feb 12 11:39 index.php
drwxr-xr-x.  4 apache apache  113 Feb 12 11:39 install
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache  682 Feb 12 11:39 INSTALL.md
drwxr-xr-x.  5 apache apache 4.0K Feb 12 11:39 js
drwxr-xr-x.  4 apache apache   53 Feb 12 11:39 lib
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache  35K Feb 12 11:39 LICENSE
drwxr-xr-x.  2 apache apache 4.0K Feb 12 11:41 locales
drwxr-xr-x.  2 apache apache    6 Feb 12 11:41 marketplace
drwxr-xr-x. 10 apache apache 4.0K Feb 12 11:39 pics
drwxr-xr-x.  2 apache apache    6 Feb 12 11:41 plugins
drwxr-xr-x.  3 apache apache   34 Feb 12 11:39 public
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache 8.6K Feb 12 11:39 README.md
drwxr-xr-x.  3 apache apache   36 Feb 12 11:39 resources
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache 1.3K Feb 12 11:39 SECURITY.md
drwxr-xr-x.  2 apache apache  158 Feb 12 11:39 sound
drwxr-xr-x. 25 apache apache  24K Feb 12 11:39 src
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache 2.5K Feb 12 11:39 status.php
-rw-r--r--.  1 apache apache  481 Feb 12 11:39 SUPPORT.md
drwxr-xr-x.  8 apache apache 4.0K Feb 12 11:39 templates
drwxr-xr-x. 38 apache apache 4.0K Feb 12 11:41 vendor
drwxr-xr-x.  2 apache apache   21 Feb 12 11:39 version

Does anyone know what and where to look for an error message?

Thanks for your help

cconard96

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Registered: 2018-07-31

Posts: 3,235

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Re: Write access denied for configuration files

SELinux configuration issue?

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robi

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From: Zürich

Registered: 2025-02-06

Posts: 13

Re: Write access denied for configuration files

SELinux configuration issue?

GREAT, thanks for that hint. Now I need to get the correct settings for SELinux.
As soon as I have it, I will paste it here.

Thanks for your help

robi

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From: Zürich

Registered: 2025-02-06

Posts: 13

Re: Write access denied for configuration files

This should solve the issue with SELinux.

sudo chcon -t httpd_sys_content_t "/var/www/html/" -R
sudo chcon -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t "/var/www/html/" -R
setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_db 1

Last edited by robi (2025-03-19 12:33:34)