On 10/08/2015 06:35 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > Hi, > > Yesterday I installed a new SSD in my laptop. I moved all my files > (/home, /var, /opt) with rsync and rebooted. However I see the selinux > filecontexts are wrong, and many services are failing because of that, > e.g. the user crontab doesn't load. > > # ls -Z /var/spool/cron/user > unconfined_u:object_r:var_spool_t:s0 /var/spool/cron/user > > I did an autorelabel on boot, I also ran `restorecon -p -r /var', > neither helped. To get the crontab working, I had to change the context > by hand. > > # chcon --reference=/old/part/spool/cron/user /var/spool/cron/user > # ls -Z /var/spool/cron/user > unconfined_u:object_r:user_cron_spool_t:s0 /var/spool/cron/user > > I would like to know how I can fix the rest, and what I should have used > to do the copy in the first place. I guess `cp -c' would work, but then > I wouldn't have the ability to resume the transfer. > > Thanks for any help. > > Cheers, > The following would have retained the SELinux contexts rsync with the --xattrs option tar with the --selinux or --xattrs option rsync supports resume , and remote transfers over ssh tar supports appending to as well as updating an existing archive, and remote transfers over ssh -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
