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...to match files under that directory too. When you moved /var/lib/mysql to /var/lib/mysql.old the labels moved with the files (this is the default unless you cross filesystems, you can force labelling as the destination with mv -Z). The selinux database still has /var/lib/mysql(/.*)? as being type mysqldb_db_t even if that directory doesn't exist. When the directory is created and put in place then it will get what policy says is right for that path. The point of using equivalence is when you move a default location - such as /home to /data/home or /var/lib/mysql to /data/mysql In that situation t...

Thanks, I managed to fix /var/lib/mysql # ls -ldZ /var/lib/mysql drwxr-xr-x. mysql mysql system_u:object_r:mysqld_db_t:s0 /var/lib/mysql To fix it, I tried: semanage fcontext -d -e /var/lib/mysql this command returned: KeyError: /var/lib/mysql I tried restorecon anyway: restorecon -Rv /var/lib/mysql But not better: ls -ldZ /var/lib/mysql drwxr-xr-x. mysql mysql system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0