From bf9dfcc5e2f1b3fb827d4625ebaa2e75b754c76c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Tridgell Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 02:26:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] r4496: expanded info on testing your filesystem for xattr support --- howto.txt | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/howto.txt b/howto.txt index db585f695..7071fdfbc 100644 --- a/howto.txt +++ b/howto.txt @@ -135,3 +135,30 @@ simulate it by using the option: 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. + +Testing your filesystem +----------------------- + +To test your filesystem support, install the 'attr' package and run +the following 4 commands as root: + + touch test.txt + setfattr -n user.test -v test test.txt + setfattr -n security.test -v test2 test.txt + getfattr -d test.txt + getfattr -d system.txt + +You should see output like this: + + # file: test.txt + user.test="test" + + # file: test.txt + security.test="test2" + +If you get any "Operation not supported" errors then it means your +kernel is not configured correctly, or your filesystem is not mounted +with the right options. + +If you get any "Operation not permitted" errors then it probably means +you didn't try the test as root. -- 2.34.1