Description of problem:

Similar to the issue fixed for RHEL 6 in BZ 911541 , a fix is required for RHEL 5

If glusterfs-fuse mount is used for the web-site content directory, the httpd process is prevented from accessing the content by SELinux.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

selinux-policy-2.4.6-338.el5
selinux-policy-targeted-2.4.6-338.el5

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.set up an Red Hat Storage (RHS) server to provide a gluster volume, with the web content

2.mount the gluster volume on a web server system, using glusterfs-fuse mount, at the Document Root of the web site, and try to start the httpd service.

3. The '-o context='system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0'' mount option does not work for the gluster fuse mount, and it is the same in RHEL 6. So that possibility of a workaround step is not available. 

4. The 'httpd_use_fusefs' SELinux boolean was introduced in RHEL 6 to fix this. That boolean is not available for RHEL 5.

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# mount -t glusterfs -o context='system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0' RHSvm08:/APPstore /var/www/html/
unknown option context (ignored)

# ls -dZ /var/www/html/
drwxr-xr-x  root root system_u:object_r:fusefs_t       /var/www/html/

# service httpd start
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 281 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
DocumentRoot must be a directory
                                                           [FAILED]
# getsebool -a | grep httpd_use
httpd_use_cifs --> off
httpd_use_nfs --> off

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The audit log message:

type=AVC msg=audit(1363720337.479:16): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=2768 comm="httpd" path="/var/www/html" dev=fuse ino=1 scontext=root:system_r:httpd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:fusefs_t:s0 tclass=dir
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1363720337.479:16): arch=c000003e syscall=4 success=no exit=-13 a0=2b2c38815720 a1=7fff9dc3f120 a2=7fff9dc3f120 a3=0 items=0 ppid=2767 pid=2768 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts0 ses=1 comm="httpd" exe="/usr/sbin/httpd" subj=root:system_r:httpd_t:s0 key=(null)

  
Actual results:

httpd (httpd_t)cannot access web content stored in a gluster volume, mounted using gluster-fuse (fusefs_t) mount method.

Expected results:

httpd should be able to access web content stored in a gluster volume, mounted using gluster-fuse mount method.

Additional info:

If the gluster volume is mounted using nfs, and the 'httpd_use_nfs' boolean is turned on, httpd is able to be started up, and it can access the web content.