backup copy of F14 boots, but can't login

Lamar Owen lowen at pari.edu
Tue Jun 28 12:04:01 UTC 2011


On Tuesday, June 28, 2011 07:44:32 AM Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> > 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

If only /home needs relabeling, that is true.

However, if /home is backed up without the correct contexts, the rest of the system likely has context problems.....


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