Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 141676
Smarty template engine do not work anymore
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:56 EST
Description of problem: PHP applications that use the Smarty template engine ceased to work. My php applications work perfectly in Fedora Core 2, not in Fedora Core 3 with exactly the identical setup. Don't know whether it is a Apache or php problem. Don't think it's my fault. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora Core 3 How reproducible: reproducible Steps to Reproduce: setup a php application that uses the Smarty template engine (all versions). I even tried the demo script that comes with the Smarty documentation Actual results: php is unable to save the compiled scripts in compile_dir = /templates_c/ I set correctly the write access, I used the identical configuration files of Fedora Core 2 (php.ini etc...) Expected results: Additional info: I reinstalles Fedora Core 2 in my server and instantly everything worked again as usual! Lost two days work
This is likely to be due to SELinux, such issues are relatively simple to resolve or work around; please give the output of: # grep audit /var/log/messages as root; see also the SELinux/Apache documentation at: http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-apache-fc3/
Sorry I cannot give you the grep ouput you requested because I went back to Fedora C2 as soon as I realized I could not fix the problem of Smarty not working myself. Somebody, that has a spare PC with FC3 on it should try the demo that comes with the Smarty template engine and tell me the results. Best regards Daniel S. Liscia danyliscia@libero.it
Yes this is not a bug. You have one of three options. 1 Label the smarty directory properly to get it to work with SELinux 2 Turn off apache protection for selinux 3 Turn off selinux. http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-apache-fc3/ Has the best desctiption on how to handle this. Dan