Re: selinux and rsync backup to zfs dataset

On 6/8/26 8:14 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> BKUP_OPTIONS=(
>    --archive --one-file-system
>    --hard-links --acls --xattrs
>    --numeric-ids
>    --delete-excluded --delete-during
>    --filter="-x security.selinux"
>    --filter=${FILTERFILE}
>    --exclude-from=${EXCLFILE}
>    --verbose --stats --no-human-readable
> )
> 
> /usr/bin/rsync "${BKUP_OPTIONS[@]}" "${FS}" "${BKUPTARGET}"
> 
> leads to
> 
> rsync: [receiver] rsync_xal_set:
> lremovexattr("<targetfile>","security.selinux") failed: Permission
> denied (13)
> 
> for the target files.
> 
> Not sure, why it works for you. Can it be a difference between local and
> remote?

I can't find the actual bug report, but there were a number of 
regressions introduced in rsync within the past week or so. You may want 
to see if you can run down the details on which option this impacted:

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/04/please-do-not-vibe-f-up-this-software-broken-backups-spark-ai-coding-row-in-rsync-project/5251189

Seems Andrew had a couple of Claude... Ooops' that flew under the radar. 
Specifically that impacted a number of the less frequently used backup 
options.

I don't know if this is your issue, but it is a distinct possibility.

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.