SELinux Configuration¶
When you have SELinux enabled on your Linux distribution, you may run into permissions problems after a new ownCloud installation, and see permission denied errors in your ownCloud logs.
The following settings should work for most SELinux systems that use the default distro profiles. Run these commands as root, and remember to adjust the filepaths in these examples for your installation:
semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/html/owncloud/data'
restorecon '/var/www/html/owncloud/data'
semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/html/owncloud/config'
restorecon '/var/www/html/owncloud/config'
semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/html/owncloud/apps'
restorecon '/var/www/html/owncloud/apps'
If you uninstall ownCloud you need to remove the ownCloud directory labels. To do this execute the following commands as root after uninstalling ownCloud:
semanage fcontext -d -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/html/owncloud/data'
restorecon '/var/www/html/owncloud/data'
semanage fcontext -d -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/html/owncloud/config'
restorecon '/var/www/html/owncloud/config'
semanage fcontext -d -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/html/owncloud/apps'
restorecon '/var/www/html/owncloud/apps'
If you have customized SELinux policies and these examples do not work, you must give the HTTP server write access to these directories:
/var/www/html/owncloud/data
/var/www/html/owncloud/config
/var/www/html/owncloud/apps
Allow access to a remote database¶
An additional setting is needed if your installation is connecting to a remote database:
setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_db on
Allow access to LDAP server¶
Use this setting to allow LDAP connections:
setsebool -P httpd_can_connect_ldap on
Allow access to remote network¶
ownCloud requires access to remote networks for functionalities such as Server-to-Server sharing, external storages or the app store. To allow this access use the following setting:
setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on
Allow access to SMTP/sendmail¶
If you want to allow ownCloud to send out e-mail notifications via sendmail you need to use the following setting:
setsebool -P httpd_can_sendmail on