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On 06/28/2011 07:30 AM, Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Monday, June 27, 2011 04:41:43 PM jackson byers wrote:
>> My backup copy of F14 boots, all looks normal,
>> boot messages all "OK"
>>
>> but then I can't login: after entering my password
>> the screen recycles to the login screen,
>> and continues to do this if I keep trying.
>
> Home directories require specific SELinux contexts. If you have SELinux on and enforcing, and you back up /home without backing up the SELinux contexts this will happen. If you go to a text console (Ctrl-Alt-F2 for one), and try to log in there, if this is the problem it should tell you that it can't change the working directory.
>
> Either backup with an SELinux context preserving tool (such as star or dump or a disk clone) or run fixfiles ('fixfiles relabel' or 'touch /.autorelabel' and reboot)).
Easier is to just run
restorecon -R -v /home
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