Re: [Linux-ima-user] Tar files with security.ima

[Mark D. B. <md...@ju...>]

Rock Lee <roc...@gm...> writes:

>    I want to tar files with security.ima but failed. I tried command
>    like this:
> 
>    tar cvjf file.tar.bz2 file --xattrs
> 
>     I noticed user namespace extened attribute would be preseved, but
> security.ima would be lost. Could anyone give me some advices ?

You should try this command:

   getfattr -d -m . file

if you are a normal user, then you will not see any of the security.*
attributes. If you are the root user, then they should display as well.

If you are user root, the command you want should be

    tar --xattrs -cvjf file.tar.bz2 file

assuming that you are using a version of tar that has been built to
handle extended attributes.

See also

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/300168/how-do-i-get-a-dump-of-all-extended-attributes-for-a-file

	Enjoy!
	-- Mark