Bug 832494

Summary: tar does not restore security.capability xattr
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jeff Layton <jlayton>
Component: tarAssignee: Ondrej Vasik <ovasik>
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Description Jeff Layton 2012-06-15 14:33:32 UTC 
If I back up a file with capabilities, using something like this:

    # tar cvf /tmp/ping.tar --xattrs --selinux --acls /usr/bin/ping

...and then untar it afterward:

    # tar xvf /tmp/ping.tar --xattrs --selinux --acls

...the resulting file does not have its file caps preserved. Stracing those commands shows that it queries the security.capability xattr when tarring, but the untar does not attempt to set that value.

Perhaps we need a --capabilities flag for tar?
Comment 1 Kamil Dudka 2012-06-15 14:50:26 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 771927 ***