Out of the box, httpd on Fedora 10 is configured to execute cgi scripts placed in the /var/www/cgi-bin directory, but SELinux is configured to disallow them. It doesn't make much sense to ship two configurations which contradict each other. If you feel that executing cgi scripts should be disabled by default, change the Apache configuration so that it does not turn them on. OTOH, if the intention is to have this functionality turned on, the SELinux policy must change. Either way the two sets of permissions should not say different things.
httpd_enable_cgi boolean is turned on by default in F10?
>httpd_enable_cgi boolean is turned on by default in F10? I don't think so; I installed a system from the i386 live CD but when I tried to run a CGI script it failed with an AVC denial and the diagnostic message said I should turn on this boolean. When I did so, the script could run. So as far as I can tell, F10 ships with CGI scripts enabled in the Apache config but disabled in the SELinux policy. Could I ask you to have another look at this? If you wish, I will do a clean install from the CD so we can find out what the default setting really is.
Yes could you do this. Fresh install and then getsebool httpd_enable_cgi On my installed machines, I am doing a semanage boolean -D Which deletes all customizations and it shows it enabled.
Looks like you are right. selinux-policy-3.5.13-26 fixes this as a default, but will not change machines on upgrades.
OK, cool. So it will be fixed in Fedora 11 (or if a respin of F10 is released with the updated package).
Yes
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle. Changing version to '11'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Changing version back to 10 to fix mistaken Bug Zapper change. This is a bug against Fedora 10.
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Closing as current release