Hi, I was going to try to use file sharing via the local network in my Fedora 39 Gnome, but the respective option seems disabled.
All I can do is turn on network password protection, but other switches are grey-ed out.
The computer is connected to a local wi-fi router network.
No, it is light gray and untogglable.
systemctl status httpd.service
$ systemctl status httpd.service
○ httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; disabled; preset: d>
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
/etc/systemd/system/httpd.service.d
└─php-fpm.conf
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: man:httpd.service(8)
lines 1-8/8 (END)
“Dead” does not sound promising.
Dead sounds worse than inactive.
Let’s try to start the service and if that helps we can enable it (the latter makes it start all the time when your computer boots)
systemctl start httpd.service
I’ve done $ systemctl start httpd.service, but the switch is still greyed-out. (Also, I updated to Fedora 40 yesterday, but to no avail.)
Could this have to do with the wifi-router settings? It’s not mine but I could ask for the access password.
After starting the service, what does above status command return now?
Use
systemctl enable httpd.service
to always start the service on boot
You are connected to the (W)LAN, right?
I am pretty sure no further config in the router is required, WebDAV uses https, so if your machine is able to surf the internet, you are all set.
One more thing that comes into my mind… do you even have a ~/Public directory?
I’ve entered the lines below and rebooted - but to no avail.
$ systemctl start httpd.service
$ systemctl enable httpd.service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.
Yes, I have a ~/Public folder:
I am connected to a wifi network, is there a difference?
This problem was mentioned two years ago: Sharing -> File Sharing: switch grayed out
Same same. You are connected right?
nmcli connection show
I saw this post but it never went anywhere. I have honestly no great idea how to diagnose this and I am digging in the dark.
Did you check systemctl status httpd.service after starting the service?
What are the permission and SELinux context on ~/Public?
ls -laZ ~/Public
If it was my system I would also play around with firewall und SELinux:
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=https --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
To check if SELinux is blocking anything related to file sharing:
sudo ausearch -m AVC
If you find that SELinux is denying permissions , try setting permissive mode temporarily:
sudo setenforce 0
Check system logs to find more information:
sudo journalctl -xe
One more thing, I quickly went through my logs and I found a systemd unit I wasn’t aware of…
Starting gnome-user-share-webdav.service - gnome-user-share WebDAV server...
Started gnome-user-share-webdav.service - gnome-user-share WebDAV server.
Stopping gnome-user-share-webdav.service - gnome-user-share WebDAV server..
So how about
systemctl start gnome-user-share-webdav.service
systemctl status gnome-user-share-webdav.service
$ nmcli connection show
NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE >
TOTOLINK_A3002R 158c97bc-d026-47db-b41f-5205f8e9f73d wifi wlp3s0 >
lo 99885543-e80c-4633-85d2-61e92335d483 loopback lo >
outline-tun0 c17f5323-9823-40b2-aa3b-4aa3581182af tun outline-
[the other lines are grey]
Could this have to do with VPN? The guy who started the other topic was Chinese. I have Nekoray installed on my OS, although not running right now.
$ systemctl start httpd.service
$ systemctl status httpd.service
● httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; disabled; preset: disabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
/etc/systemd/system/httpd.service.d
└─php-fpm.conf
Active: active (running) since Fri 2024-09-20 17:51:43 MSK; 21s ago
Docs: man:httpd.service(8)
Main PID: 10343 (httpd)
Status: "Total requests: 0; Idle/Busy workers 100/0;Requests/sec: 0; Bytes served/sec: 0 B/sec"
Tasks: 177 (limit: 9324)
Memory: 19.7M (peak: 20.3M)
CPU: 244ms
CGroup: /system.slice/httpd.service
├─10343 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─10362 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─10364 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─10368 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
└─10369 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
Sep 20 17:51:42 x270 systemd[1]: Starting httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server...
Sep 20 17:51:42 x270 (httpd)[10343]: httpd.service: Referenced but unset environment variable evaluates to an empty string: OPTIONS
Sep 20 17:51:42 x270 httpd[10343]: AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using fe80::59ed:596c:d4b0:2940%wlp3s0. Set t>
Sep 20 17:51:43 x270 systemd[1]: Started httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server.
Sep 20 17:51:43 x270 httpd[10343]: Server configured, listening on: port 80
$ ls -laZ ~/Public
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 1 uuser uuser unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 0 Apr 14 01:45 .
drwx------. 1 uuser uuser unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_dir_t:s0 544 Sep 18 10:05 ..
$ sudo firewall-cmd --list-all
FedoraWorkstation (default, active)
target: default
ingress-priority: 0
egress-priority: 0
icmp-block-inversion: no
interfaces: wlp3s0
sources:
services: dhcpv6-client mdns samba-client ssh
ports: 1025-65535/udp 1025-65535/tcp
protocols:
forward: yes
masquerade: no
forward-ports:
source-ports:
icmp-blocks:
rich rules:
sudo ausearch -m AVC listed quite many lines, but they all are old. The latest one is several days old, I did not try to use file sharing at that time.
Could the lines below be the key to the problem? The service gnome-user-share-webdav.service seems to be normally installed by default.
$ systemctl start gnome-user-share-webdav.service
Failed to start gnome-user-share-webdav.service: Unit gnome-user-share-webdav.service not found.
