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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 11:04:46 -0400
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On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Lars Behrens <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Am 21.03.2017 um 14:05 schrieb Nico Kadel-Garcia:
>>
>> 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.

Thanks. I'd searched in the past for "selinux" in "man rsync" and not
found anything so I assumed that it couldn't preserve selinux
contexts. I'd also run "ldd /usr/bin/rsync" and not seen libselinux
listed. I'll have to recheck.

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