Unable to rsync files from RHEL 7 to RHEL 6 with SELinux enabled

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If i try to rsync files from a RHEL 7 to a RHEL 6 with SELinux enabled on both machines and with -XA flags on rsync I get this error:
rsync: rsync_xal_set: lsetxattr("etc/.pwd.lock","security.selinux") failed: Invalid argument (22)

The problem seems to be related to the fact that RHEL 7 has selinux contexts that don't exist on RHEL 6.

Is there any way to get around this other than turning of SELinux on the RHEL 6?

ma
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re Newbie 15 points
4 September 2015 4:03 PM

You may be able to use the rscyn --ingnore-non-existing option.

ma Newbie 10 points
9 September 2015 6:18 AM

But I want those files also to be copied over. Preferably with the correct context.

Is there any way to tell SELinux to accept unknown contexts or turn of checking contexts only on a certain folder?

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