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

[Rock L. <roc...@gm...>]

> 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

Hi Mark:

Unfortunately, it seems tar does work well with security namespace
extend attributes(SMACK, IMA). I found dar is capable of archiving
files with all the extended attributes. Thanks anyway.



-- 
Cheers,
Rock