CHMOD folder

[pedenski]

Im installing PLIGG and at the installation wizard i got this alert

/cache/templates_c/ is not writable!
Please chmod this directory to 777

/cache/ is not writable!
Please chmod this directory to 777

so i went to cache/ folder and typed this cmd
#chmod -R 777 cache/
#ls-l
#drwxrwxrwx. 4 root root 4096 May 4 16:26 cache

then went inside cache/
#chmod -R 777 templates_c/
#ls-l
#drwxrwxrwx. 2 root root 4096 May 4 16:26 templates_c

after doing all the above im still getting the alert,
im quite stuck here. pls guide me

[Fenrin]

I guess SELinux prevents this application to write to /cache

I had the same issue when I tried the php forum fluxbb on the httpd server, then I did this (also chmod g+rw):
• chcon -R -h -t httpd_sys_content_t /home/user1/public_html/fluxbb
• chcon -R -h -t httpd_sys_script_rw_t /home/user1/public_html/fluxbb/cache
• chcon -R -h -t httpd_sys_script_rw_t /home/user1/public_html/fluxbb/img/avatars
• setsebool -P httpd_unified 1

and then write access to cache and img/avatars worked.

other useful commands to change and see SELinux options:
• getsebool -a
• setsebool OPTION true

[pedenski]

im sorry, i dont follow.. how do i apply the command on my case?

#chcon -R -h -t /var/www/html/pligg/cache

does not work on me.

[Fenrin]

Originally Posted by pedenski

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ok, so if the path /var/www/html/pligg/cache is correct it should be like this:

su
setsebool -P httpd_unified 1
chcon -R -h -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/html/pligg
chcon -R -h -t httpd_sys_script_rw_t /var/www/html/pligg/cache

maybe you have to set the permissions afterwards again, for example if your user is in the group apache:

chgrp apache -R /var/www/html/pligg
chmod g+r -R /var/www/html/pligg
chmod g+rw -R /var/www/html/pligg/cache

it's possible that I forgot something.

[george_toolan]

What exactly are you trying to do and where is this cache folder located?

There is no /cache folder or is this pligg thingie chrooted?