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I have a bash cgi script called by apache which should move one file in /var/www/html to another in the same directory. I've set up the relevant permissions with selinux (e.g. chcon to httpd_sys_content_t) and I've changed the read/write permissions of the files/dirs and yet it still returns the following in the httpd error logs:

mv: cannot move /var/www/html/file.txt to /var/www/html/file2.text: Permission denied

Any ideas? There's nothing relevant in the audit log either...

Edit:

ls -l on /var/www/html/ shows

-rwxrwxrwx. 1 apache apache 157 May 16 15:50 file.txt

ls -l on /var/www/ shows

drwxr-xr-x. 9 root root 4096 May 17 12:28 html
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    Can you ls -l /var/www/html/ and show the permissions for this folder? Commented May 17, 2013 at 11:26
  • Yep, have just included some extra info... Commented May 17, 2013 at 11:32
  • Ah, I needed to change the ownership of /var/www/html from root to apache. Thanks for the ls tip-off Nathan :] Commented May 17, 2013 at 11:37
  • Try adding id >/tmp/my-id.txt to see with what id the script is running. The html-directory may only written by root. Commented May 17, 2013 at 11:37

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The file permissions for /var/www/html do not allow the apache user to manipulate the directory containing the file. You will need to allow apache write access to the /var/www/html directory.

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