To recreate the problem I install FC3 on a server with SELINUX=enforcing and SELINUXTYPE=targeted after, I install postgresql and do initdb with the user postgres -bash-3.00$ /usr/bin/initdb The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "postgres". This user must also own the server process. The database cluster will be initialized with locale en_US.UTF-8. fixing permissions on existing directory /var/lib/pgsql/data... ok creating directory /var/lib/pgsql/data/base... ok creating directory /var/lib/pgsql/data/global... ok creating directory /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog... ok creating directory /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_clog... ok selecting default max_connections... 100 selecting default shared_buffers... 1000 creating configuration files... ok creating template1 database in /var/lib/pgsql/data/base/1... ok initializing pg_shadow... ok enabling unlimited row size for system tables... ok initializing pg_depend... ok creating system views... ok loading pg_description... ok creating conversions... ok setting privileges on built-in objects... ok creating information schema... initdb: failed To fix that, i must to disable SELinux => SELINUX=disabled in /etc/sysconfig/selinux restart my server log in with the user posgres rm -rf /var/lib/pgsql/data/* && /usr/bin/initdb and that's work -- Daniel Chénard SysAdmin Unix Infoteck Internet 5480, Boul. Jean XXIII Trois-Rivières-Ouest, Québec Canada G8Z 4A9 Tel: 819-370-3232 Sans Frais: 1-866-853-3232 Fax: 819-370-3624 PS: The Light at the End of The Tunnel will be turned off until further notice due to budget cutbacks.