Need help with moving the data directory of Postgresql

[Daniel J Walsh]

Markus Lindholm wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a FC4 box (all updates applied) on which I have a Postgresql 
> server (standard fedora rpms) and I'm running targeted selinux policy.
> The problem is that I cannot move the data directory away from 
> /var/lib/pgsql/data with out turning selinux off.
>
> Is there any HOWTOs out there that would be helpful?
>
> I've tried using chcon so that the permission would be identical 
> between the new and the old
>
> [root at zeus ~]# ls -ldZ /var/lib/pgsql/data/
> drwx------  postgres postgres system_u:object_r:postgresql_db_t 
> /var/lib/pgsql/data/
> [root at zeus ~]# ls -lZd /mnt/raid/db/pgsql/data/
> drwx------  postgres postgres system_u:object_r:postgresql_db_t 
> /mnt/raid/db/pgsql/data/
>
> But I still get permission denied when I try to start postgresql !! If 
> I mark the "Disable SELinux protection for Postgresql daemon" in the 
> SELinux GUI, then it starts up fine.
> But what would be the correct way to handle this?
>
What avc messages are you seeing?
> /markus
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