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Re: Copying a system: no login possible
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"Gilbert E. Detillieux" <[log in to unmask]>
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Gilbert E. Detillieux
Date:
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 10:37:59 -0500
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On 21/03/2017 9:06 AM, Lars Behrens wrote:
> 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 usually use this...

	rsync -vaxHAXS --numeric-ids

... to ensure things are exactly copied.  All of the "HAXS" options need 
to be added explicitly as they're not included in the "a" option, and 
all are needed to get an exact copy of all meta-data.

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Gilbert E. Detillieux		E-mail:	<[log in to unmask]>
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