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From: Martin Basti <mbasti@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:49:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use copy when replacing files to keep SELinux context

When installer replaces any file with newer, it must use 'copy' instead of
'mv' to keep SELinux context valid.

https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/6111

Reviewed-By: Petr Spacek <pspacek@redhat.com>
---
 ipapython/ipautil.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ipapython/ipautil.py b/ipapython/ipautil.py
index 763a99c117e22a4ac49d8d34b38230f3da7c8435..9964fba4f694b57242b3bd3065a418917d977533 100644
--- a/ipapython/ipautil.py
+++ b/ipapython/ipautil.py
@@ -528,10 +528,14 @@ def dir_exists(filename):
     except Exception:
         return False
 
+
 def install_file(fname, dest):
+    # SELinux: use copy to keep the right context
     if file_exists(dest):
         os.rename(dest, dest + ".orig")
-    shutil.move(fname, dest)
+    shutil.copy(fname, dest)
+    os.remove(fname)
+
 
 def backup_file(fname):
     if file_exists(fname):
-- 
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