Re: [GENERAL] pg_dump fails on 7.4 Postgres

2005-05-12 Thread Jimmie H. Apsey
Tom Lane wrote:
Jimmie H. Apsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 

At this point, I am unable to do a pg_dump using our new Rec Hat 
Enterprise Linux AS 4 version of Postgres which is version 7.4.
Here's what I get when I try to do a pg_dump of our database:
   

 

[ ~]$ /usr/bin/pg_dump dcf_20050404  /~/dcf_20050404_`date +%y%m%d`.dmp
audit(1115732852.025:0): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=11023 
exe=/usr/bin/pg_dump path=/~/dcf_20050404_050510.dmp
dev=sda3 ino=5522308 scontext=user_u:system_r:postgresql_t 
tcontext=user_u:object_r:file_t tclass=file
   

Hmm, what is the SELinuxWe disabled
the SELinux protection for the postgres deamon and were able to
successfully run pg_dump on our new Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
postgres.  Do you have any opinion about this 'fix'?

Jim Apsey labeling for pg_dump?  Try
$ ls -Z /usr/bin/pg_dump
-rwxr-xr-x  root root system_u:object_r:bin_t  /usr/bin/pg_dump
If you get something other than that, try /sbin/restorecon -R /usr/bin
as root; if that doesn't fix it, you probably need to update your
SELinux policy (RPM selinux-policy-targeted).  I am not entirely sure
whether a policy RPM update automatically does the equivalent of
/sbin/restorecon -R /, but if you don't see the right context after
an update, that's what I'd suggest.
 

Here's Postgres rpm on the machine in question:
postgresql-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
postgresql-server-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
   

I think that was what went out on the RHEL4 CD-ROMs, but why aren't you
running up2date?  There are serious known bugs in that version.  If
you're paying Red Hat for support, you should be using that support ;-)
regards, tom lane
 

Thank you once again Tom Lane.  We disabled the SELinux protection for 
the postgres daemon and were able to successfully run pg_dump on our 
new Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 postgres.  Do you have any opinion 
about this 'fix'?  We have hired a Linux professional and he installed 
AS 4 on our new Dell Server.  I don't know how we keep things 
up-to-date with up2date anymore.

Jim Apsey


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[GENERAL] pg_dump fails on 7.4 Postgres

2005-05-10 Thread Jimmie H. Apsey
This may be my second posting but I think I've done it correctly this time.
At this point, I am unable to do a pg_dump using our new Rec Hat 
Enterprise Linux AS 4 version of Postgres which is version 7.4.
Here's what I get when I try to do a pg_dump of our database:
---
[~]$
[ ~]$ /usr/bin/pg_dump dcf_20050404  /~/dcf_20050404_`date +%y%m%d`.dmp
audit(1115732852.025:0): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=11023 
exe=/usr/bin/pg_dump path=/~/dcf_20050404_050510.dmp
dev=sda3 ino=5522308 scontext=user_u:system_r:postgresql_t 
tcontext=user_u:object_r:file_t tclass=file
audit(1115732852.025:0): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=11023 
exe=/usr/bin/pg_dump path=//~/dcf_20050404_050510.dmp
dev=sda3 ino=5522308 scontext=user_u:system_r:postgresql_t 
tcontext=user_u:object_r:file_t tclass=file
audit(1115732852.028:0): avc:  denied  { search } for  pid=11023 
exe=/usr/bin/pg_dump name=/ dev=sda3 ino=2 
scontext=user_u:system_r:postgresql_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t 
tclass=dir
[ ~]$

Here's Postgres rpm on the machine in question:

[~]$ rpm -qa | egrep postgres
postgresql-tcl-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
postgresql-pl-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
postgresql-docs-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
postgresql-odbc-7.3-8
postgresql-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
postgresql-server-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
postgresql-test-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
postgresql-libs-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
postgresql-jdbc-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
postgresql-python-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
postgresql-contrib-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
postgresql-devel-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
[~]$


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Re: [GENERAL] pg_dump fails on 7.4 Postgres

2005-05-10 Thread Douglas McNaught
Jimmie H. Apsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 This may be my second posting but I think I've done it correctly this time.
 At this point, I am unable to do a pg_dump using our new Rec Hat
 Enterprise Linux AS 4 version of Postgres which is version 7.4.
 Here's what I get when I try to do a pg_dump of our database:
 ---
 [~]$
 [ ~]$ /usr/bin/pg_dump dcf_20050404  /~/dcf_20050404_`date +%y%m%d`.dmp
 audit(1115732852.025:0): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=11023
 exe=/usr/bin/pg_dump path=/~/dcf_20050404_050510.dmp
 dev=sda3 ino=5522308 scontext=user_u:system_r:postgresql_t
 tcontext=user_u:object_r:file_t tclass=file

Looks like your security settings aren't allowing pg_dump to write
files.  You should probably talk to Red Hat about how to fix them.

-Doug

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Re: [GENERAL] pg_dump fails on 7.4 Postgres

2005-05-10 Thread Tom Lane
Jimmie H. Apsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 At this point, I am unable to do a pg_dump using our new Rec Hat 
 Enterprise Linux AS 4 version of Postgres which is version 7.4.
 Here's what I get when I try to do a pg_dump of our database:

 [ ~]$ /usr/bin/pg_dump dcf_20050404  /~/dcf_20050404_`date +%y%m%d`.dmp
 audit(1115732852.025:0): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=11023 
 exe=/usr/bin/pg_dump path=/~/dcf_20050404_050510.dmp
 dev=sda3 ino=5522308 scontext=user_u:system_r:postgresql_t 
 tcontext=user_u:object_r:file_t tclass=file

Hmm, what is the SELinux labeling for pg_dump?  Try

$ ls -Z /usr/bin/pg_dump
-rwxr-xr-x  root root system_u:object_r:bin_t  /usr/bin/pg_dump

If you get something other than that, try /sbin/restorecon -R /usr/bin
as root; if that doesn't fix it, you probably need to update your
SELinux policy (RPM selinux-policy-targeted).  I am not entirely sure
whether a policy RPM update automatically does the equivalent of
/sbin/restorecon -R /, but if you don't see the right context after
an update, that's what I'd suggest.

 Here's Postgres rpm on the machine in question:
 postgresql-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2
 postgresql-server-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2

I think that was what went out on the RHEL4 CD-ROMs, but why aren't you
running up2date?  There are serious known bugs in that version.  If
you're paying Red Hat for support, you should be using that support ;-)

regards, tom lane

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