[Solved] Cannot read directory from CGI even though it is 777 and www-data:www-data
Added by respectech over 9 years ago
My lighttpd www directory is at /var/www. I have symlinked the following file in that directory:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 oct 6 14:20 video -> /media/odroid/1TB/smoothcam
When I try accessing that directory from lighttpd using CGI, I get:
** Access error: cannot open: video/ reason: 13 **
If I try accessing that symlink with any other user (not within lighttpd), I can access it fine.
Here is a listing of video/:
drwxrwxrwx 1 www-data www-data 4096 oct 6 13:40 smoothcam1
I've added www-data to the "root" and "odroid" groups as well as those can access that directory just fine. I cannot figure out how to execute a process as the user "www-data", so I can't try to recreate that. Here's the id of user "www-data" on my system:
uid=33(www-data) gid=33(www-data) groups=33(www-data),0(root),1001(odroid)
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Replies (2)
RE: Cannot read directory from CGI even though it is 777 and www-data:www-data - Added by respectech over 9 years ago
For anyone who is interested, here's what I discovered.
Lighttpd on Xubuntu 13.10 doesn't have any trouble accessing the /media/odroid/1TB/smoothcam directory.
Lighttpd on Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS will not access the /media/odroid/1TB/smoothcam directory.
However, if the drive is mounted via /etc/fstab to /var/www/video, for instance, Lighttpd on Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS can access the drive fine.
RE: [Solved] Cannot read directory from CGI even though it is 777 and www-data:www-data - Added by gstrauss about 7 years ago
check selinux/apparmor settings, as well as default mount or automount settings for things mounted under /media.