On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 19:19 -0700, Kayvan A. Sylvan wrote: > On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 12:54:57PM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote: > > > > Did you try following the instructions in the SELinux FAQ: > > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2978236 > > > > In particular, using -xattr and -H=exustar options. -acl is specific to > > POSIX ACLs I believe. > > I created the archive using the -xattr and -Hexustar options. With my > system up, I can restore it to a different directory and the files > are correctly labeled. > > However, booted into the FC5 rescue mode, I get the following message for > every file: > > star: Can not setup security context for 'testfile'. Not created. > > The files end up looking like this afterwards: > > # ls -lZ > -rw-r--r-- root root system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t testfile > > So, it looks as if using dump/restore or "star", I have the same > inability to preserve security context. This is a practical problem for > me since I am wanting to recreate my partitions using an LVM. > > Anyone have any other ideas? > > Thanks for all the help so far!!! Can you add a comment to the existing bugzilla report for dump/restore, and add a new bug for star with this information, please? Thanks. -- Stephen Smalley National Security Agency
