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Re: Copying a system: no login possible
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Lars Behrens <[log in to unmask]>
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Lars Behrens <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 21 Mar 2017 15:06:00 +0100
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Am 21.03.2017 um 14:05 schrieb Nico Kadel-Garcia:

> This is not defined. What does "starting a live system" mean?
> Starting from a boot CD or DVD? Using PXE to run a rescue Linux? Or
> something else?

Live-ISO of Fedora-Xfce, the system is running in a VM.

> How did you "copy the system"? Tar, for example, does not carry
> along SELinux permissions. The "star" tool can.

Yes, I forgot about the SELinux permissions, you're right.

I did an 'rsync -xzav --numeric-ids'

Where it seems that I should have added an '-X' when selinux comes into
play, as I have learned now.

> I'd definitely look at /var/log/secure on the new system to see what 
> is grousing.

Nothing helpfull there, alas.

Thank you!

Cheerz,
Lars

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