I'm presently amusing myself coding up a new file daemon
designed for high performance with small files and xattr and selinux
is going to be a part of it.

I hadn't announced anything since i didn't want to raise expectations.
However progress is encouraging though slow.


Regards,

John


Nick Gray wrote:
> All,
> 
> New to list, looking for a good solution to backing up SELinux systems with 
> MLS policies.
> 
> The last reference I can find to SELinux in the Bacula-Users list is dated 20 
> Feb 2007.
> 
> The reference was non-committal at best (see below). Is anyone working 
> with/on/using this.
> 
> 
>>On Tuesday 20 February 2007 07:54, Florin Andrei wrote:
>>> With v2.0.2 on a recent Linux distro that supports SELinux, if I do a
>>> restore from a backup, will the SELinux attributes of the files be
>>> restored too?
>>>
>>> Is there any connection between SELinux attributes and "aclsupport = yes" ?
>>
>>I would like to know the answer when you figure it out.
>>
>>However, my best guess is that if you set ACL Support = yes, the SELinux 
>>attributes will be saved/restores since, unless I am mistaken, SELinux uses 
>>POSIX attributes.
>>
>>In any case, resetting the SELinux attributes is rather trivial ...
> 
> This is something I have to do. And could dedicate paid time to it, if I feel 
> that is going somewhere. I have read that Amanda handles SELinux, but the 
> information regarding that is cryptic as well. I would rather use Bacula if 
> possible.
> 
> Would like to discuss this with other interested parties, off-line if 
> necessary
> 
> --
> 
> Nick Gray
> 
> Magitek LTD.



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