Re: Moving pg_xlog to another drive

Ben wrote:
> I'm trying to move my WAL to another drive, but am having difficulties
> with this seemingly simple process. Every time I start up with pg_xlog
> symlinked to my other drive, I get this:
>
> FATAL:  could not open file "pg_xlog/00000001.history": Permission denied
>
> If I move pg_xlog back into its normal place then things work fine. The
> postgres user can certainly create files when using the symlink, so I
> really don't think it's a permission issue... but I'm at a loss as to
> what else it might be.

Is the parent directory of the place you are moving pg_xlog to a place
that the postgres user can enter?

>
> This is on CentOS 5 with the latest RPMs. SELinux is not enforcing (nor
> logging any events when I do this stuff).
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