On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 17:58, Rick Stevens wrote: > Ok, I thought I'd toss this one out there as I'm having trouble sorting > it out. > > Configuration: FC1, 2.4.22-1.2188nptlsmp, 2GB, Apache 1.3.29/PHP 4.3.6 > Weirdness: Everything is installed in /usr/local/test (including > libraries, configs, document roots, cgi-bin, the lot). Apache runs fine > from there, serves pages and works perfectly. > > When the contents of /usr/local/test are copied to an NFS volume which > is then mounted at /usr/local/test, apache runs but will not serve > pages. Apache's error log shows: > > (13)Permission denied: access to / failed because search permissions are > missing on a component of the path > > Again, the EXACT CODE is used (via a "cp -a"). Ownership and > permissions are fine (trust me, I've checked). Has anyone seen this > behaviour? Care to clue me in? Is Fedora doing something, uh, > "special" in its NFS handling? Apache's message is misleading at best. If the logs directory is also NFS mounted, I suggest looking at the documentation for the LockFile directive in the configuration file. -- Graham Campbell <gc1111@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>