dump/restore EA errors

[Brian Krusic]

On Jul 7, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:

> 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.
>
>

Hi Daniel,

A few things;

1 - When doing an lsxattr, I don't see any thing other then  
------------ which tells me that no extended attributes exist for that  
file.

2 - How do I remove any selinux lables since I don't use or need  
selinux?