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Re: Copying a system: no login possible
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Tom H <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom H <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 21 Mar 2017 10:03:17 -0400
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On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 7:49 AM, Lars Behrens <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> * copy the origin to mounted target device
>
> How did you "copy the system"? Tar, for example, does not carry along
> SELinux permissions. The "star" tool can.

tar has an "--selinux" option.

AFAIR, star doesn't preserve contexts in SL5 but it does in SL7 (I
can't remember whether the SL6 version does); there is an xattr option
for doing so.

cpio and rsync don't preserve labels (if the OP used them) but "cp -a" does.

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