r4245: add a note about using a tdb to store xattr information, so you can

have all Samba4 features on a plain posix filesystem.

diff --git a/howto.txt b/howto.txt
index bc3978964e3e28ba94bc2fe02fa771b42b940e50..58c2486a9e47bf2a2fec0234d82ca9e22b3975a3 100644 (file)
--- a/howto.txt
+++ b/howto.txt
@@ -107,12 +107,18 @@ try these commands:
 
       smbclient //localhost/test -Uadministrator%SOMEPASSWORD
     or
 
       smbclient //localhost/test -Uadministrator%SOMEPASSWORD
     or

-     ./script/tests/test_posix.sh //localhost/test administrator
-    SOMEPASSWORD
+     ./script/tests/test_posix.sh //localhost/test administrator SOMEPASSWORD

 
 Note that to pass all the tests you would need to be using a
 filesystem with user_xattr support. On many Linux systems with an ext3
 filesystem this means mounting with the "-o user_xattr"
 option. Consult your filesystem and kernel docs for more details.
 
 
 Note that to pass all the tests you would need to be using a
 filesystem with user_xattr support. On many Linux systems with an ext3
 filesystem this means mounting with the "-o user_xattr"
 option. Consult your filesystem and kernel docs for more details.
 

+If you don't have a filesystem with xattr support, then you can
+simulate it by using the option:

 
 

+   posix:eadb = /usr/local/samba/eadb.tdb
+
+that will place all extra file attributes (NT ACLs, DOS EAs, streams
+etc), in that tdb. It is not efficient, and doesn't scale well, but at
+least it gives you a choice when you don't have a modern filesystem.