Public bug reported:
The tar info page and upstream documentation indicate that when --xattr
is used "all names are stored in the archive (or extracted, if using '--
extract')", however when using --xattr with extract the
security.capability extended attributes are not restored. If one also
uses "--xattrs-include=*" then the security.capability extended
attributes will be restored.
[Test Case]
mkdir orig restore
touch orig/file_with_capability_and_user_xattr
setcap cap_net_raw=p orig/file_with_capability_and_user_xattr
(eoan-amd64)root@impulse:/tmp# getfattr -m . -d
orig/file_with_capability_and_user_xattr
# file: orig/file_with_capability_and_user_xattr
security.capability=0sAAAAAgAgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
user.testkey="testvalue"
(eoan-amd64)root@impulse:/tmp# tar c --xattrs --acls --directory orig/ . | tar
x --xattrs --acls --directory restore/
(eoan-amd64)root@impulse:/tmp# getfattr -m . -d
restore/file_with_capability_and_user_xattr
# file: restore/file_with_capability_and_user_xattr
user.testkey="testvalue"
(eoan-amd64)root@impulse:/tmp# tar c --xattrs --directory orig/ . | tar x
--xattrs --xattrs-include=* --directory restore/
(eoan-amd64)root@impulse:/tmp# getfattr -m . -d
restore/file_with_capability_and_user_xattr
# file: restore/file_with_capability_and_user_xattr
security.capability=0sAAAAAgAgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
user.testkey="testvalue"
I think tar's extract behavior should be changed to match that of create
so that all names are actually extracted.
** Affects: tar (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: tar (Debian)
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Tags: eoan
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #927261
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=927261
** Also affects: tar (Debian) via
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=927261
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Tags added: eoan
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security.capability extended attributes not restored upon extraction
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