Re: Postgresql 8.0.3, symbolic link to /var/lib/pgsql/data/base

From: Jeffrey Tenny <jeffrey(dot)tenny(at)comcast(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgresql 8.0.3, symbolic link to /var/lib/pgsql/data/base
Date: 2005-09-28 21:15:30
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The platform is Redhat 9, so no SELinux.

Tom Lane wrote:
> Jeffrey Tenny <jeffrey(dot)tenny(at)comcast(dot)net> writes:
>
>>I'm trying to move my databases to another drive.
>
>
> On what platform?
>
> One theory that fits the available facts is that you're running on a
> machine with SELinux enabled; the usual selinux policy forbids the
> postmaster from accessing files outside /var/lib/pgsql.
>
> regards, tom lane
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