I am facing this issue on my nginx setup on ubuntu 13.10
I got these weird error on the log of my local domain

2014/04/06 21:29:37 [crit] 18065#0: *3 stat() "/media/user/Backup/Sites/sp/" failed (13: Permission denied), client: 127.0.0.1, server: sp.local, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", host: "sp.local"

2014/04/06 21:29:37 [crit] 18065#0: *3 stat() "/media/user/Backup/Sites/sp/" failed (13: Permission denied), client: 127.0.0.1, server: sp.local, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", host: "sp.local"

2014/04/06 21:29:37 [crit] 18065#0: *3 stat() "/media/user/Backup/Sites/sp/index.php" failed (13: Permission denied), client: 127.0.0.1, server: sp.local, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", host: "sp.local"

this configuration was working before upgrading to this version 13.10

the permissions on this folder is : 755 & there is no log recorded on php fpm error log

I had did every idea to fix it with no luck
could you please suggest / help me , It would be appreciated

Thanks

update:

• I am not using SElinux


• the files are located in non encrypted drive


• nginx is installed on encrypted drive / , is this the issue ??

Relevant mount point:

/dev/sda3 on /media/tawfek/Backup type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2)

ls -l output :

total 712

drwsr-xr-x  6 tawfek tawfek   4096 Apr  6 21:26 app

drwsr-xr-x  8 tawfek tawfek   4096 Apr  6 21:26 downloader

drwsr-xr-x  3 tawfek tawfek   4096 Apr  6 21:25 errors

drwsr-xr-x  2 tawfek tawfek   4096 Apr  6 21:26 includes

drwsr-xr-x 15 tawfek tawfek   4096 Apr  6 21:25 js

drwsr-xr-x 13 tawfek tawfek   4096 Apr  6 21:25 lib

drwsr-xr-x 13 tawfek tawfek   4096 Apr  6 21:26 media

drwsr-xr-x  3 tawfek tawfek   4096 Apr  6 21:25 nbproject

drwsr-xr-x  2 tawfek tawfek   4096 Mar  8 13:10 pear

drwsr-xr-x  2 tawfek tawfek   4096 Apr  6 21:25 pkginfo

drwsr-xr-x  2 tawfek tawfek   4096 Apr  6 21:25 shell

drwsr-xr-x  5 tawfek tawfek   4096 Apr  6 21:25 skin

drwsr-xr-x 11 tawfek tawfek   4096 Apr  6 21:25 var

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek   2834 Feb  1 11:39 api.php

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek   2831 Feb  1 11:39 cron.php

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek    716 Mar 24 22:38 cron.sh

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek   1150 Feb  1 11:39 favicon.ico

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek   5979 Feb  1 11:39 get.php

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek   2673 Apr  6 22:17 index.php

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek   2366 Feb  1 11:39 index.php.sample

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek   6441 Feb  1 11:39 install.php

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek  10421 Feb  1 11:39 LICENSE_AFL.txt

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek  10679 Feb  1 11:39 LICENSE.html

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek  10410 Feb  1 11:39 LICENSE.txt

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek   1319 Feb  1 11:39 mage

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek    886 Feb  1 11:39 php.ini.sample

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek    478 Feb 17 19:08 php.php

-rwxr-xr-x  1 tawfek tawfek 585086 Feb  1 11:39 RELEASE_NOTES.txt