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Description of problem:
after creating a new logical volume, i attempt to create a filesystem on that logical volume and receive the following error message:
mkfs.ext2 /dev/stbackupvg/stbackuplv
mke2fs 1.37 (21-Mar-2005)
Could not stat /dev/testvg/testlv --- Permission denied

if i use the /dev/dm- name for the device (/dev/dm-0 in this case) i am able to create the filesystem. both the /dev/testvg and /dev/dm-0 have the same major/minor numbers. i do notice that they have different selinux policies, so this may be a selinux issue rather than a lvm2 issue.

# ls -lZ /dev/testvg/testlv
brw-rw----  root     disk     root:object_r:device_t           /dev/mapper/stbackupvg-stbackuplv
# ls -lZ /dev/dm-0
brw-r-----  root     disk     system_u:object_r:fixed_disk_device_t /dev/dm-0


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
lvm2-2.01.08-2.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.pvcreate -ff -y /dev/hda2
2.vgcreate -s 16M -p 16 -l 32 /dev/testvg /dev/hda2
3.vgchange -ay testvg
4.lvcreate -l 2383 -n testlv testvg /dev/hda2
5.mkfs.ext2 /dev/testvg/testlv
  

Actual Results:  mkfs.ext2 /dev/stbackupvg/stbackuplv
mke2fs 1.37 (21-Mar-2005)
Could not stat /dev/testvg/testlv --- Permission denied

Expected Results:  i would have expected it to create the filesystem on the device

Additional info:

i had no problems creating the filesystem on /dev/testvg/testlv when i rebooted the system with selinux=0