Fedora file permissions apache no write acces

I had the same issue because SELinux blocked httpd, it worked fine after this command:

setsebool -P httpd_unified 1

I'm on fedora 23.

There are a number of things that could be affecting this:

• Discretionary Access Control (DAC)
• SELinux file/content type
• user:group ownership
• apache server modules missing/misconfigured.

The fact that your server's directories have the 777 permissions would lead me to exclude DAC as the main reason for the errors; however, you might want to check to make sure that user(chris) is part of the apache group, just for good measure. Also, the httpd server reads/writes files as the apache user by default!!

Similarly, you said the errors persisted even after "disabling" SELinux; I'm assuming you executed setenforce 0 or something to that effect in order to change the SELinux policy from Enforcing to Permissive. Furthermore, if it had to do with SELinux, most of the time (if not all) you'd receive a notification about the denial, or you'd be able to see it in the logs. Again, for good measure, check the SELinux content type of the directories/files with ls -Z; the content type should be httpd_sys_content_t or perhaps even httpd_sys_content_rw_t.

Lastly, the apache modules and the server configuration should be thoroughly examined--including the comments in the httpd.conf file--for correct options, modules, as well as order. If all else fails, try moving those lines

 <Directory "/var/www/html/">    AllowOverride all    # Allow open access:    Require all granted    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Multiviews</Directory>

to the bottom of the config file (/etc/httpd.conf). The Options flag within that code block should be examined carefully; you can get more info on that at the apache website. For example, not sure if the order of things will improve/change things for you in this context, but the httpd.conf file on my Fedora system has the Options listed before the Require All granted.