Tom Lane wrote:
> Steve Wampler <swampler(at)noao(dot)edu> writes:
>
>>I'm trying to install PG 7.4.6 (from Fedora rpms) and
>>keep getting stuck with psql refusing to do anything
>>useful.
>
>
> Are you running with SELinux enforcement mode on? We've just isolated
> some problems there --- see
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143208
>
> The quickest workaround is to "sudo /usr/sbin/setenforce 0", at least for
> long enough to run initdb.
Thanks, Tom - that was it!
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