Rsyncing every file on the root to another disk

[Joe Nall]

On May 29, 2009, at 10:50 PM, Nickolas Gray wrote:

> I have a requirement to rsync ALL files over to a newly mounted  
> partition. the command is "rsync -AaXxH /home/snapshot/* /target/"
> I can get this to work in permissive, and with a bit of massaging. I  
> can get an operational system that boots in enforcing on a new disk.
>
> For the life of me I can't determine how I can gain access to copy  
> and write all these files in enforcing.
>
> I have included the simple rules like
>
> files_read_all_files(), but it seems there must be an easier assured  
> way of making sure I don't miss anything. It appears to me that not  
> everyfile in the system is really labeled with the attribute  
> file_type. Is there something I am missing on how to do this?  
> Suggestions?

From:

http://oss.tresys.com/projects/refpolicy/browser/trunk/policy/modules/admin/backup.te

...
allow backup_t self:capability dac_override;
...
files_read_all_files(backup_t)
files_read_all_symlinks(backup_t)
files_getattr_all_pipes(backup_t)
files_getattr_all_sockets(backup_t)
...

joe