Hi.
> >
> > While upgrading to the latest tools, I got the following message:
> >
> > Setting up util-vserver (0.30.208-2) ...
> > lsattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device While reading flags on
> > /var/lib/vservers/
> >
> > What does that mean?
>
> It means that the filesystem you are using do not support something that
> is needed to check the attributes of that directory. Not sure if that
> is actually a problem.
>
> It depends on how you have compiled your kernel and what filesystem you are
> using.
>
For reiserfs, "attrs" must be added as a mount option (extended attributes
for the filesystem doesn't have to be set in the kernel).
[Thanks to Herbert Pötzl.]
Note: That particular option is not mentioned in the "mount" man page, which
might be construed as a documentation bug (?)
Best,
Gilles
