SELinux is blocking Webalizer on RHEL5.2 Install

[BeauSanders]

In a recent installation of RHEL5.2, SELinux is blocking Webalizer from writing stats to /var/www/html/sitename/stats. What is the best way to remedy this issue short of disabling SELinux? This is a default installation, very little customization at this point.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

-Beau

[BeauSanders]

After a little reading and experimenting, I was able to fix the problem using audit2allow.

To understand this process as it applies to REHL5.2, read http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/e...y-package.html

First, I piped the SELinux alert message into audit2allow and used the switches as suggested by Red Hat:

echo "insert alert message here" | audit2allow -M newpolicy

In order to load this newly created local SELinux policy package (.pp) into the kernel, I ran this command:

semodule -i newpolicy.pp

Next I tested the Webalizer cron jobs and all worked as expected.

I also read an interesting, but dated, article on SysAdmin's Web site that inspired me:

http://www.samag.com/documents/s=982...508a/0508a.htm

-Beau