mysql DataDir

[Nair, Murlidharan T]

I am trying to change the data directory to point to an alternate location and I am getting the following error. 

060926 15:47:15 [Warning] Can't create test file /mnt/sqlhome/data/bioinformatics.lower-test
/usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't change dir to '/mnt/sqlhome/data/' (Errcode: 13)
060926 15:47:15 [ERROR] Aborting
 
My my.cnf file is as follows 
[mysqld]
#datadir=/var/lib/mysql 
#socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
datadir=/mnt/sqlhome/data
socket=/mnt/sqlhome/data/mysql.sock
# Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x
# clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package).
old_passwords=1
[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib
[mysqld_safe]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

 
Is this some security issues associated with selinux ? How do I handle this situation?
 
Thanks ../Murli
 
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