The platform is Redhat 9, so no SELinux.

Tom Lane wrote:
> 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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