Re: Alternate DB location continued.

Bob Hartung <rwhart@mchsi.com> writes:
>    Here is the situation:
>     Fedora Core 3 with all updates.
>     PostgreSQL 8.0.1 installed - no tables to update.
>     In /etc/profile I have declared:
>         PGDATA=/pg_data

You're being bit by SELinux.  Either take it out of enforcement mode or
teach it that the postgres daemon is allowed to access /pg_data.

            regards, tom lane