CentOS - Jun 2011 - daemon user can't acess file while nobody user can.

I have a server where /home is on a nfs. I installed an apache (my compile) 
server. By default, it runs as daemon. That user can't acces files in 
/home/*/public_html, while the nobody user can. So if I change my apache 
config, it now can.

/home is : drwxr-xr-x
/home/user is : drwxr-xr-x
/home/user/public_html is : drwxr-xr-x

selinux is disabled.

In the error log of apache I get :

(13)Permission denied: access to /~user/file.jpg denied

I changed the shell for the daemon user so I can diagnose a little bit more, 
and I cannot get into the user directory. When on a local drive, it's ok.

So why is that the daemon user cannot go into the user directory via nfs ?

On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 15:43:28 -0400
"Nicolas Ross" <rossnick-lists at cybercat.ca> wrote:
> I have a server where /home is on a nfs. I installed an apache (my compile)
> server. By default, it runs as daemon. That user can't acces files in 
> /home/*/public_html, while the nobody user can. So if I change my apache 
> config, it now can.
> 
> /home is : drwxr-xr-x
> /home/user is : drwxr-xr-x
> /home/user/public_html is : drwxr-xr-x
> 
> selinux is disabled.
> 
> In the error log of apache I get :
> 
> (13)Permission denied: access to /~user/file.jpg denied
Looks like httpd is misconfigured and looking in the wrong place:
/~user/file.jpg probably should be ~user/file.jpg

... unless it's a typo


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