Why does the service httpd fail to start when SELinux is in Enforcing mode?

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Issue

  • Why does the service httpd fail to start when SELinux is in Enforcing mode?
  • The service httpd is running with Include /opt/file.conf, while restarting httpd with selinux Enforcing, it fails to start with the following message.
[root@example ~]# /etc/init.d/httpd start
Starting httpd: httpd: Syntax error on line 1013 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Could not open configuration file /opt/sequoia/httpd/sequoia.conf: Permission denied                                                            [FAILED]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • SELinux

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