restoring file attributes

[rich turner <rich@storix.com>]

i am performing a bare-metal restore of system that previously was
selinux-enabled and enforcing. after restoring all of the files on the
system using tar, i need to reset all of the file security contexts
(because tar does not backup or restore extended filesystem attributes).
that leads me to a few questions.

Note: eventhough i am testing with fedora core 4, i am not assuming i
will always be using fc4.

1. i plan to use setfiles to apply extended attributes to files.
however, setfiles requires that i supply the spec_file to use when
applying the attributes. is there a consistent way that i can determine
which spec_file is being used on a running system?

2. is /etc/selinux/config specific to fc4, or can i expect this same
file with the same format on all uses of selinux on linux?

3. on a selinux-enabled and enforcing system, is there a way to know
what SELINUXTYPE is being used? targeted, strict, etc.

4. are "targeted" and "strict" names used by fc4, or will they be
consistent on other distributions?

thanks for any help

rich turner


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