Red Hat Capsule services fail with error: could not access directory "/var/lib/pgsql/data": Permission denied

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Issue

  • Services on Red Hat Capsule fails with:

    2025-08-08 21:43:07 [ERROR ] [configure] Aug 08 21:43:07 hostname.example.com systemd[1]: Starting PostgreSQL database server...
2025-08-08 21:43:07 [ERROR ] [configure] Aug 08 21:43:07 hostname.example.com postmaster[789980]: postmaster: could not access directory "/var/lib/pgsql/data": Permission denied
2025-08-08 21:43:07 [ERROR ] [configure] Aug 08 21:43:07 hostname.example.com systemd[1]: postgresql.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
2025-08-08 21:43:07 [ERROR ] [configure] Aug 08 21:43:07 hostname.example.com systemd[1]: postgresql.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
2025-08-08 21:43:07 [ERROR ] [configure] Aug 08 21:43:07 hostname.example.com systemd[1]: Failed to start PostgreSQL database server.

Environment

  • Red Hat Capsule 6.16

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