[olug] Apache will no longer run in Red Hat after a reboot

[Lou Duchez]

https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5818

The fix seems to be:

cd /etc/httpd
chmod -R +r alias

I don't think that 640 is right; I think you're looking for 644.

> I got a call from a friend whose business depends on an Apache web server,
> but he doesn't know much about Linux. He is running Red Hat inside of a
> Windows Hyper-V VM. He bounced the Windows box for patching, which in turn
> rebooted his VM. He doesn't remember the last time he installed updates in
> Red Hat, but he does it from time to time.
>
> /var/log/httpd/error_log is just full of this:
>
> [error] NSS_Initialize failed. Certificate database: /etc/httpd/alias.
> [error] SSL Library Error: -8038 SEC_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED
>
> I've never used NSS personally. I Googled for the error and literally every
> hit I found was a permissions issue, that the apache wasn't running under
> the right group or that group couldn't access the files under
> /etc/httpd/alias.
>
> The problem is that doesn't appear to the problem with my buddy. Every
> httpd process is running under apache:apache and all the *.db files in
> /etc/httpd/alias are 640 and owned by the apache group, exactly how they
> should be.
>
> My buddy's business is down until we can resolve this.
>
> Any suggestions from someone more familiar with Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS and
> NSS?
>
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