Description of problem: The httpd daemon's DAV module cannot initialize its lock database because the group permissions on the subdirectory (/var/lib/dav/) restricts it from doing so. In a default install, the permissions are as follows: drwx------ 2 root apache /var/lib/dav/ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): httpd-2.2.6-1.fc7 Additional info: Perhaps a permissions configuration in the spec file is the right fix
It's specified as "apache.apache" in the spec file, so it shouldn't be owned by root. Was this an upgrade, fresh install, anaconda, yum? Any errors in /root/install.log or /root/upgrade.log?
The Fedora 7 system referred to was a fresh install with updates applied throughout the months. So it's hard to say what happened to the ownership and the permissions. I've not audit logs that can tell for sure. I only found out about it since I activated mod_dav for the first time when I reported the bug. I guess it's NOTABUG with this version.
Closing out lacking a repro case. Perhaps some transient "adduser" failure.