Re: BUG #1670: pg_dump fails on CentOS 4 - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #1670: pg_dump fails on CentOS 4
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Msg-id 18775.1116262344@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #1670: pg_dump fails on CentOS 4  ("Josh" <josh@globalherald.net>)
Responses Re: BUG #1670: pg_dump fails on CentOS 4
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"Josh" <josh@globalherald.net> writes:
> The following bug has been logged online:
> pg_dump, as packaged in postgresql-8.0.3-1PGDG.i686.rpm, fails with no
> output whatsoever when run from a terminal window:

> [josh@localhost ~]$ pg_dump -U username database > backup.sql

Try turning off SELinux enforcement, or better update the selinux
policy package and do a restorecon on all of /usr/bin.  The earlier
releases of selinux-policy-targeted prevent pg_dump from writing on
/dev/tty :-( ... which makes it a bit hard to emit error messages...

            regards, tom lane

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