On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:10:33 -0700 Kevin Kempter <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All; > > I did a backup of a test Fedora 10 install as follows: > > 1) installed Fedora 10 and applied no updates > > 2) booted into single user mode and as root ran this: > > rsync -av <dir> /stage/backup > > I wrapped the above rsync command in a script where <dir> is replaced > with the root (/) dir's I want backed up. Basically everything > except the following: > > /proc > /dev > /sys > /stage > > > Then I rebooted, and ran a yum update, installed a new kernel, many > packages, etc > > > Then as a test I booted back into single user mode and as root ran > this: > > rsync -av --delete /stage/backup/<dir> / > > again the above command was in a script where <dir> was replaced with > the same list of root (/) dirs as I used for the backup > > once complete I rebooted and now I cannot login, I get to a login > screen but a login just takes me back to the login screen again. > > I booted into single user mode, and ran init 3 > at the login prompt I tried to login as root and some text flashes by > the screen too quickly to read however I did catch the phrase > 'permission denied' > > What have I done wrong ? You need to use -X with rsync to preserve the selinux extended attributes on files. You probibly also want -A for acls. Right now you should be able to touch /.relabel on the machine and reboot and it should go through and fix all the selinux lables and hopefully let you login. > > Thanks in advance... > kevin
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