[mythtv-users] Mythweb - PHP Fatal Error

[Larry Finger]

On 12/23/2013 07:01 PM, Tom Dexter wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Greg Woods <greg at gregandeva.net> wrote:
>>
>> AAAAUUUGH! After wasting at least two hours on this, it turned out to be
>> &*#(@=)Z#!B!&$+!  selinux. I routinely turn this off to avoid exactly
>> this kind of mostly silent failure, but I forgot to do that on this
>> install. Now that selinux is set to disabled, all is well. Thanks guys
>> for your help.
>>
>> --Greg
>>
>
> OMG...don't even get me started on that thing.  Over the years I've
> come to believe that the sole purpose of selinux is to make you feel
> guilty that you "should" be running it but can't because it
> mysteriously breaks stuff in a way that can only be fixed by someone
> with a PHD in selinux :D.  One of my first experiences with it many
> years ago was when for no reason (with a perfectly configured apache)
> it would only allow php scripts to run in the root or the web server
> but NOT in any sub-directories.  From what I recall (though I try not
> to) debugging it will about make you run into the distance crying for
> a sendmail.cf file to play with...

 From what I remember, SELinux was invented by NSA to improve the level of 
security by making it more granular that standard Unix. Of course, Edward 
Snowden is a perfect example of how well that works! Once someone has the 
administrative password, all bets are off.

Larry