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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Postgresql 8.0.3, symbolic link to /var/lib/pgsql/data/base
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Msg-id 8410.1127936570@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Postgresql 8.0.3, symbolic link to /var/lib/pgsql/data/base  (Jeffrey Tenny <jeffrey.tenny@comcast.net>)
Responses Re: Postgresql 8.0.3, symbolic link to /var/lib/pgsql/data/base  (Jeffrey Tenny <jeffrey.tenny@comcast.net>)
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Jeffrey Tenny <jeffrey.tenny@comcast.net> writes:
> I'm trying to move my databases to another drive.

On what platform?

One theory that fits the available facts is that you're running on a
machine with SELinux enabled; the usual selinux policy forbids the
postmaster from accessing files outside /var/lib/pgsql.

            regards, tom lane

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