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

[T. J. Brumfield]

I'll try 644. Every article I saw on this said it must be a permission
issue access the *.db files in /etc/httpd/alias but the permissions appear
to be set correctly.

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Lou Duchez <lou at paprikash.com> wrote:

> 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?
>>
>> -- T. J. Brumfield
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