postgresql pg_dump won't run

[Daniel J Walsh]

Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've just installed selinux on my FC3 server using the targeted 
> policy, and everything went well except that I can no longer run 
> /usr/bin/pg_dumpall as a root cron job for backing up postgresql 
> databases. I get this sort of log message, even if I run 
> pg_dump/pg_dumpall as the postgres user:
>
>
> Dec 30 10:17:01 server2 kernel: audit(1104419821.285:0): avc:  denied  
> { execute_no_trans } for  pid=24740 exe=/bin/bash 
> path=/usr/bin/pg_dump dev=md0 ino=346137 
> scontext=user_u:system_r:postgresql_t 
> tcontext=system_u:object_r:postgresql_exec_t tclass=file
>
>
> For now, I've disabled the postgres protection using 
> system-config-security-level, and it works fine - but postgresql is 
> unprotected of course.
>
> Is there a way of running pg_dump and pg_dumpall under selinux, 
> without abandoning or rewriting the targeted policy?
>
>
> - Mike
>
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