Re: Fwd: Resulting system now boots but login does not work

Carl Wignall via Mondo-devel <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:09:15 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mondo.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Success!

I disabled SELinux but left Extended Attributes off and we appear to 
have a working bare-metal restore :)

I will try this on a live system and feedback the result.

Cheers,
Carl


On 11/06/2025 14:34, Bruno Cornec wrote:
> Hello Carl,
>
> Carl Wignall via Mondo-devel said on Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 11:01:55AM 
> +0100:
>> We seem to be getting there, I just made a test backup & restore
>> the backup produces .iso's
>> the restore boots to the login prompt
>> and that is as far as it goes.
>
> Are you using SELinux on the original VM ?
>
> If yes, you *have* to use the CLI option -z so extended attr and ACL are
> backedup and restored, which are mandatory for SELinux to work properly
> http://trac.mondorescue.org/wiki/FAQ#Q32IsMondoRescueworkingwithSELinux
>
> Greetings,
> Bruno.