Hi Rejy, On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 12:31:59PM +0530, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: > On 10/08/2015 06:35 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > > 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. > > The following would have retained the SELinux contexts > > rsync with the --xattrs option > tar with the --selinux or --xattrs option Thanks a lot! I'll remember this for the future. Is there any simple way to restore the contexts now, after the fact? If not, maybe something like the command below? # cd /old && find . -exec chcon --reference=\{\} /var/\{\} \; Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- 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