rserver[1692]: ERROR system error 13 (Permission denied)

[cole]

Woohoo!! So glad that you got things working! This is definitely on our list of things to tackle, we just have not done so yet:

There is an open github issue here:

Support SELinux via configurations and documentation

And a community thread on the topic here, that I have unfortunately not had much time to dig further into:

SELinux errors with RStudio Server

Thanks for reopening this thread @cole. Since the solution posted on github and stackoverflow is just a workaround, there are two main goals to getting a permanent solution: Get RStudio Server working out of the box with SELinux. The source of the problem is that RStudio Server is packaged with binaries in a library directory usr/lib. This results in binaries having the SELinux type lib_t instead of bin_t. Not following Filesystem Hierarchy Standards is the cause of the SELinux errors. The solution might be as simple as to install the binaries found in /usr/lib/rustudio-server/bin into /usr/bin or /usr/sbin or /usr/libexec as needed. Create a targeted SELinux policy for RStudio Serv…