posgresql error: /usr/bin/chcon : can't apply partial context to unlabeled file

Question

I'm trying to figure out why my posgresql is failing to start on startup.. I manually run this at the terminal

# chkconfig postgresql on 
# service postgresql start 
/usr/bin/chcon: can't apply partial context to unlabelled file /var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log 
Initalizing database:           [  OK  ]  
Starting postgresql service:    [  OK  ]

any ideas?

Answer 1

It looks like /var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log does not have an SELinux label so SELinux is preventing postgres from accessing it. See this page for more info on SELinux labels.