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On 06/28/2011 07:30 AM, Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Monday, June 27, 2011 04:41:43 PM jackson byers wrote:
>> My backup copy of F14 boots, all looks normal,
>>  boot messages all "OK"
>>
>> but then I can't login:  after entering my password
>> the screen recycles to the login screen,
>> and continues to do this if I keep trying.
> 
> Home directories require specific SELinux contexts.  If you have SELinux on 
> and enforcing, and you back up /home without backing up the SELinux contexts 
> this will happen.  If you go to a text console (Ctrl-Alt-F2 for one), and try 
> to log in there, if this is the problem it should tell you that it can't 
> change the working directory.
> 
> Either backup with an SELinux context preserving tool (such as star or dump 
> or a disk clone) or run fixfiles ('fixfiles relabel' or 'touch /.autorelabel' 
> and reboot)).
Easier is to just run

restorecon -R -v /home

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