dd whole disk within SElinux

[Karl MacMillan]

On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 10:49 +0000, paul mullen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need to create a backup image of my system and was going to use dd 
> if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb.
> With SElinux targeted policy enabled will this have any affect on the dd 
> working correctly?
> New to SElinux so any advise advice is appreciated.
> 

Not certain whether you are asking if the command will be allowed to run
or if the resulting backup will be valid. Either way, I don't know of
any reason why this wouldn't work.

Karl