On 10/10/2015 05:07 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > 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, > If you are moving content around you should reset the default labeling. In this case you could do something like # semanage fcontext -a -e /var /old # restorecon -R -v /old Which would make your labels survive a relabel -- 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