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SELinux Cookbook
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SELinux Cookbook

by Sven Vermeulen
September 2014
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
5h 53m
English
Packt Publishing
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Backing up and restoring files

An important aspect to the availability of a system and the security of a service is to provide backup and restore services. For many, having a copy of the files available might seem sufficient as a backup approach. However, backups should contain more than just the content of a file.

How to do it…

When selecting a backup solution, make sure to check for the following:

  1. A selection of the extended attributes of the files should be backed up as well (and not only the security.selinux one).
  2. When files are restored onto their original location, the SELinux context should be restored with it as well. If the backup solution doesn't support SELinux contexts, the restorecon command should be invoked afterwards against the restored ...
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