> I'm trying to create a new tablespace in a directory that postgres
> owns, but PG says it cannot set permissions on this directory.
>
> [root@localhost ~]# su - postgres
> -bash-3.1$ mkdir /opt/home/pgdata/mspace/
> -bash-3.1$ psql
> Welcome to psql 8.1.4, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
>
> Type: \copyright for distribution terms
> \h for help with SQL commands
> \? for help with psql commands
> \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
> \q to quit
>
> postgres=# CREATE TABLESPACE mspace LOCATION '/opt/home/pgdata/mspace';
> ERROR: could not set permissions on directory
> "/opt/home/pgdata/mspace": Permission denied
> postgres=# \q
> -bash-3.1$ chmod 700 /opt/home/pgdata/mspace/
> -bash-3.1$ whoami
> postgres
> -bash-3.1$
>
> This is on Fedora Core 5 (x86), psql 8.1.4.
>
> Andras
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate
> subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your
> message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
>
Check for SELinux permissions
Leonel