Description of problem: There is an incorrect SELinux context on file /etc/nsswitch.conf which, strangely, prevents PostgreSQL database to start listening on localhost:5432. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL-5.8 updated to latest glibc-2.5-81.el5_8.4 How reproducible: 4 of 4 cases Steps to Reproduce: 1. provision RHEL5.8 and apply available updates 2. # ls -Z /etc/nsswitch.conf Actual results: root:object_r:rpm_script_tmp_t Expected results: system_u:object_r:etc_t
Please check the selinux context on /etc. This kind of problem showed up somewhere else recently and an incorrect context on /etc was the root cause.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 818585 ***