Re: SELinux attrs

2008-08-01 Thread Aaron J. Grier
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 08:08:52AM -0500, Nickolas Gray wrote: Does anyone have more information on Amanda and SELinux? doesn't dump preserve all metadata? -- Aaron J. Grier | Not your ordinary poofy goof. | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SELinux attrs

2008-07-29 Thread Nick Smith
Hi Dustin, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Nick Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the Application API in Amanda 2.6.0p1? I'm asking because I cannot configure my application for ZFS dumping as per description from Zmanda site? I get the following error when I try

Re: SELinux attrs

2008-07-29 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Nick Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the Application API in Amanda 2.6.0p1? I'm asking because I cannot configure my application for ZFS dumping as per description from Zmanda site? I get the following error when I try to test the configuration: No -- we cut

Re: SELinux attrs

2008-07-29 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Nick Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just experimented with 2.6.0p1 and found the the Application API *does* work - cool!! Maybe it's just the configuration for the application and properties that wasn't included. I was wrong, sorry. It's an early

Re: SELinux attrs

2008-07-29 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Am 28.07.08 20:27 schrieb(en) C. Chan: The GNU tar in RHEL 5 seems to have been patched to allow backing up ACLs and XATTRs. Ah! *That* was a good hint! I'm running Ubuntu, and the gtar coming with it doesn't have support for it. So here's a short compilation of the steps to get Amanda

Re: SELinux attrs

2008-07-29 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Albrecht Dreß [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finally, rebuild amanda with the configure option --with-gnutar=/usr/sbin/amgtar (this should be easier with 2.6, where an application can be defined in the runtime config? Is that correct?). In a first quick test, this

SELinux attrs

2008-07-28 Thread Nickolas Gray
All, New to list, looking for a good solution to backing up SELinux systems with MLS policues The reference in the Amanda documentation regarding SELinux xattrs is a rather cryptic one-liner Does anyone have more information on Amanda and SELinux? This is something I am required to do.

Re: SELinux attrs

2008-07-28 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Am 28.07.08 15:08 schrieb(en) Nickolas Gray: New to list, looking for a good solution to backing up SELinux systems with MLS policues The reference in the Amanda documentation regarding SELinux xattrs is a rather cryptic one-liner The problem is that amanda relies upon GNU tar which is

Re: SELinux attrs

2008-07-28 Thread C. Chan
The GNU tar in RHEL 5 seems to have been patched to allow backing up ACLs and XATTRs. Has anyone actually tried using this new feature in GNU tar and been successful in restoring the ACLs/XATTRs? Also Sprach Albrecht Dreß: Am 28.07.08 15:08 schrieb(en) Nickolas Gray: New to list, looking for

Re: SELinux attrs

2008-07-28 Thread Nickolas Gray
It works on my MLS test system On Jul 28, 2008, at 1:27 PM, C. Chan wrote: The GNU tar in RHEL 5 seems to have been patched to allow backing up ACLs and XATTRs. Has anyone actually tried using this new feature in GNU tar and been successful in restoring the ACLs/XATTRs? Also Sprach Albrecht