Getting PostgreSQL working again

[Daniel J Walsh]

Ian Pilcher wrote:

> I just returned from 5 weeks out of the country, and one of the updates
> that rolled out in that time is preventing PostgreSQL from starting.
> The exact error message is:
>
> Jan 16 16:57:53 home kernel: audit(1105916273.121:0): avc:  denied  { 
> read } for  pid=7164 exe=/usr/bin/postgres name=PG_VERSION dev=md1 
> ino=296800 scontext=root:system_r:postgresql_t 
> tcontext=user_u:object_r:var_lib_t tclass=file
>
> I found one thread about this problem, but it did not seem to contain a
> solution.  (Unlike that poster, my database is in my root filesystem.)
>
> I'm all for a theoretical discussion about why this happened, but I
> would also really appreciate anyone who can tell me how to get things
> working again.
>
> Thanks!
>
Have you tried

restorecon -R -v /var/lib