Hey everyone,
I’m having trouble with my Yii2 project on CentOS 7. The web process can’t write to the frontend/web/assets directory. I’ve looked all over for a solution, but nothing’s worked so far.
I tried changing the group ownership and permissions like this:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /path/to/frontend/web/assets
sudo chmod -R 775 /path/to/frontend/web/assets
But I’m still getting the same error. Any ideas what might be causing this? I’m kind of stuck and could really use some help. Thanks in advance!
hmmm, interesting problem! have u checked if the apache process is actually running as the apache user? sometimes it can be sneaky and use a different one. try ‘ps aux | grep apache’ to see. also, what about disk space? full disks can cause weird write issues. maybe run ‘df -h’ to check? let us know what u find!
hey max, have u tried checking the apache user’s permissions? sometimes it’s not just about the directory, but the user running apache. try this:
sudo -u apache touch /path/to/frontend/web/assets/test.txt
if it fails, apache might not have the right perms. also, double-check ur apache config to make sure it’s using the correct user/group. hope this helps!
I’ve encountered a similar issue before, and it can be frustrating. Have you checked the SELinux settings on your CentOS 7 system? Sometimes, even with correct file permissions, SELinux can prevent the web server from writing to certain directories. Try running ‘sestatus’ to see if SELinux is enabled. If it is, you might need to adjust the security context for your assets directory. You can do this with the ‘chcon’ command:
sudo chcon -R -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /path/to/frontend/web/assets
This sets the correct security context for web server write access. If that doesn’t work, you could temporarily disable SELinux (not recommended for production) to test if it’s the culprit. Let us know if this helps!