[CentOS] chcon failed to change context Permission denied

[Tim Smith]

oops ! Thanks !

On 10 February 2017 at 19:06, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:
> Am 10.02.2017 um 16:59 schrieb Tim Smith:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm confused, why can root not change context of a directory ?
>>
>> I've moved a mysql dir from /var/lib to another drive.
>>
>> But running sudo chcon -R -t mysqld_t ./mysql
>>
>> Yields a screen full of messages such as
>>
>> chcon: failed to change context of ‘schema_table_lock_waits.frm’ to
>> ‘system_u:object_r:mysqld_t:s0’: Permission denied
>>
>> (and yes, mysql was shut down before the move and is till shut down).
>
>
> Because mysqld_t is a process type and the proper file context would be
> mysqld_db_t?
>
> Alexander
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