dump/restore EA errors

[Daniel J Walsh]

On 07/07/2009 04:10 PM, Brian Krusic wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Not sure if even this is were I should post so forgive the mis-posting.
> I did a search for selinux help and this is were I got.
>
> I'm running RHEL 5 and am having SE linux issues even though I have SE
> Linux disabled.
>
> I have basic support and they really are of no help on this matter.
>
> My scenario;
>
> RHEL 5 NFS server (although it can be a Centos NFS server or even a
> BlueArc).
> Centos 5 NFS client.
> Dump/Restore.
>
>  From my NFS client I do;
>
> dump -f - / | restore -r -r -
>
> I can get screen loads of stuff like;
>
> restore: ./etc/ysyconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0: EA set
> security.selinux:system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 failed: Operation not
> supported.
>
> This happens on various files in various folders.
>
> The dump/restore does complete and the files do get restored.
>
> lsattr shows nothing set on the source files and when doing it on the
> NFS share, I get;
>
> lsattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device While reading flags on .... (this
> is various dirs).
>
> Any clues are appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> - Brian
>
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Looks like restore is trying to maintain the xattrs of a previous 
selinux label, when the kernel sees the xattr it refuses to assign it on 
an NFS share since NFS does not support xattrs.