Spectrum ModSecurity - Failed to access DBM file "/opt/application/spectrum/apache/tmp/ip": Permission denied
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Article ID: 95247
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Products
CA Spectrum
Issue/Introduction
After the implementation of Modsecurity we found an error in the $SPECROOT/apache/logs/error_log.
"ModSecurity: collections_remove_stale: Failed to access DBM file "/opt/application/spectrum/apache/tmp/ip": Permission denied"
Environment
Any version of Spectrum running on Linux
Cause
The apache process was start with a user other than the user that owns the Spectrum installation.
Resolution
Start the Apache process as the user that owns the Spectrum installation.
Additional Information
Please reference the "Enable ModSecurity Web Application Firewall" section of the documentation for more information.
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