"Jimmie H. Apsey" <japsey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > At this point, I am unable to do a pg_dump using our new Rec Hat > Enterprise Linux AS 4 version of Postgres which is version 7.4. > Here's what I get when I try to do a pg_dump of our database: > [ ~]$ /usr/bin/pg_dump dcf_20050404 >& /~/dcf_20050404_`date +%y%m%d`.dmp > audit(1115732852.025:0): avc: denied { write } for pid=11023 > exe=/usr/bin/pg_dump path=/~/dcf_20050404_050510.dmp > dev=sda3 ino=5522308 scontext=user_u:system_r:postgresql_t > tcontext=user_u:object_r:file_t tclass=file Hmm, what is the SELinux labeling for pg_dump? Try $ ls -Z /usr/bin/pg_dump -rwxr-xr-x root root system_u:object_r:bin_t /usr/bin/pg_dump If you get something other than that, try "/sbin/restorecon -R /usr/bin" as root; if that doesn't fix it, you probably need to update your SELinux policy (RPM selinux-policy-targeted). I am not entirely sure whether a policy RPM update automatically does the equivalent of "/sbin/restorecon -R /", but if you don't see the right context after an update, that's what I'd suggest. > Here's Postgres rpm on the machine in question: > postgresql-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2 > postgresql-server-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2 I think that was what went out on the RHEL4 CD-ROMs, but why aren't you running up2date? There are serious known bugs in that version. If you're paying Red Hat for support, you should be using that support ;-) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx