Interesting to see the Equivalence. As a first thing, I tried: semanage fcontext -a -e /var/lib/mysql.old /var/lib/mysql then restorecon -R /var/lib/mysql
# semanage fcontext -lC SELinux fcontext type Context /home/users(/.*)? all files system_u:object_r:user_home_dir_t:s0 /var/lib/mysql all files system_u:object_r:mysqld_db_t:s0 /var/lib/mysql(/.*)? all files system_u:object_r:mysqld_db_t:s0 SELinux Local fcontext Equivalence ./mysql = ./mysql.old /var/lib/mysql = /var/lib/mysql.old mysql = ./mysql.old On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 10:27 AM, James Hogarth <james.hoga...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23 October 2017 at 13:33, Bernard Fay <bernard....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > A server was configured in /var/lib/myslq in the root fs. I added a LV > > specifically for mysql. I stopped myql and renamed /var/lib/mysql to > > /var/lib/mysql.old. I created a new dir /var/lib/mysql and mounted the > LV > > on /var/lib/mysql. I then copied with "cp -prZ" all mysql files in > > /var/lib/mysql.old to /var/lib/mysql. > > > > But then I got a selinux problem: > > # ls -ldZ mysql.old/ mysql > > drwxr-xr-x. mysql mysql system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 mysql > > drwxr-xr-x. mysql mysql system_u:object_r:mysqld_db_t:s0 mysql.old/ > > > > I tried to changed the context on mysql with the following commands: > > > > # semanage fcontext -a -t mysqld_db_t "/var/lib/mysql(/.*)?" > > # restorecon -R -v /var/lib/mysql > > > > But the /var/lib/mysql directory didn't take the change as you can see > > below: > > # ls -ldZ mysql.old/ mysql > > drwxr-xr-x. mysql mysql system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 mysql > > drwxr-xr-x. mysql mysql system_u:object_r:mysqld_db_t:s0 mysql.old/ > > > > > > How can I fix the wrong context on mysql directory? > > Thanks, > > > > /var/lib/mysql is already in default policy - no need to add anything there > > can you please provide the output of 'semanage fcontext -lC' so that > we can see any local selinux modifications made? > > From base policy with nothing added, for that directory, you *should* > be able to just restorecon -Rv /var/lib/mysql and have the correct > labelling. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos