Bug 135507 - cp segfaults when trying to copy a file with SELinux file attributes
Summary: cp segfaults when trying to copy a file with SELinux file attributes
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: ConsoleApps (show other bugs)
Version: Final
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal
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Assignee: Andreas Schwab
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Reported: 2005-11-25 03:27 UTC by Alan Olsen
Modified: 2006-04-11 12:43 UTC (History)
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Description Alan Olsen 2005-11-25 03:27:59 UTC 
If you try and copy a file that has been tagged by another distribution that uses SELinux (like Fedora Core 4), cp will segfault.  strace shows the command hitting the alien attribute type and dying because it does not know what to do.
Comment 1 Andreas Schwab 2005-11-29 16:02:01 UTC 
Please provide a test case.
Comment 2 Andreas Schwab 2006-04-11 12:43:12 UTC 
No feedback within several months.