permission errors with python/django

Question

If i go to the folder /srv/twingle/search and do ls -l I get

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root    65142784 May 26 20:28 words.db

I gave it 777 access (absolutely unsafe, I know, but I thought it would atleast work)

any idea what can be the permissions problem?

Edit: A very strange problem is that the code doesn't crash once every few refreshes.. then goes back to crashing

Cristian: How can I check if I'm using it, what are the repercussions of using it? — tipu, May 27 '10 at 12:16
What distribution are you using? SELinux adds another layer of security above the traditional layer used by all Unix/Linux systems. — Cristian Ciupitu, May 27 '10 at 12:23
Run `/usr/sbin/getenforce` and check if it's set to *Enforcing*. — Cristian Ciupitu, May 27 '10 at 12:25
yes it's enforcing, `[tipu@localhost ~]$ /usr/sbin/getenforce Enforcing ` — tipu, May 27 '10 at 12:32
In this case could you run `setenforce 0` and see if the error is still present? This will set SELinux to the permissive mode, which means that denials will only be logged. You can return the the initial setup by running `setenforce 1`. — Cristian Ciupitu, May 27 '10 at 12:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 27 '10 at 11:50

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Does the webserver/mod_python user have r-x on the directory `/srv/twingle/search' e.g. all the way down (look with ls -ld /srv /srv/twingle /srv/twingle/search)
I make it that it works/delivers a page 1 out of 5 times (does that tally in with something, numer of processes or such like?).
Django Version: 1.2.1 pre-alpha is on there. 1.2.1 is released. Is it possible to upgrade to the release version?

answered May 27 '10 at 11:50

gm3dmo

Davey, after running your command: drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 May 23 23:27 /srv drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 May 25 14:32 /srv/twingle drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 May 27 04:12 /srv/twingle/search ` I will update Django. Yes, it works/delivers only 1 out of 5 times and I don't know why – tipu May 27 '10 at 12:22
What happens if you run it up in the built in webserver in django? – gm3dmo May 27 '10 at 12:55
davey, that's a good thing to check.. let me see. – tipu May 27 '10 at 13:04
If it were permissions or Christian's suggestion of selinux then it ought to be broken completely/all the time rather than intermittently working. When you run it under the built in you may be using a different userid to when it runs as apache and that may give a clue a to what's wrong. – gm3dmo May 27 '10 at 15:25

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