https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6546
--- Comment #6 from EML <sa212+samba-bugzi...@cyconix.com> --- I'm seeing this on a clean Centos 7.2.1511 install, rsync 3.0.9. selinux is disabled on the src, and enabled on the dst, but in permissive mode, so I'm not expecting errors. 'ausearch -m avc -ts recent' shows nothing, and there's nothing recent in /var/log/audit/audit.log. So selinux isn't reporting an issue, but rsync is. My specific errors are # rsync -avXz -e 'ssh -p 1234' remote-sys:/var/www/ www ...lots of: rsync: rsync_xal_set: lremovexattr(""/var/www/."","security.selinux") failed: Permission denied (13) Note that this only happens when I run as root, and when backing up something with extended attributes. I'm not seeing any of the --link-dest/whatver complciations from comment #5 - this is a completely standard backup of a remote system with xattrs. Any workaround suggestions? It's difficult to run as an ordinary user because I can't run as the remote user (apache). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html