On 2023-05-15 18:55, J Doe wrote:
On 2023-05-12, J Doe <gene...@nativemethods.com> wrote:
Hello,
I was configuring Samba on my OpenBSD 7.2 server and wanted to support
iOS/iPad OS and macOS clients.
The documentation for Samba states that the following vfs options are
required to support these clients:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
. . .
vfs = catia fruit streams_xattr
... however, my server is using UFS2 (the default), which I am aware
does not support extended attributes.
OpenBSD doesn't support xattr at all.
Would it be possible to get around that by mounting an ext2 disk image
file on OpenBSD via: vnconfig and: mount and pointing: smb.conf to it ?
No.
You may be able to do something with
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_the_xattr_tdb_VFS_Module
Hi Stuart,
Thanks for your reply. Ah, interesting! I had not spotted that vfs
module on the Samba site.
It appears to warn against using it in production, but I will be
providing service to 2-3 clients at the most, so I will give it a try
and report back on anything interesting I ran into.
Hi Stuart and list,
Just thought I'd post an update about this. With the following: vfs stanza:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr xattr_tdb
xattr_tdb:file = /var/samba/macosxattr.tdb
... and then the suggested: fruit config statements on the Samba
wiki[1], I am having a better result.
While the Samba wiki does warn about using: xattr_tdb in production, I
am servicing between 3-5 clients (iOS and macOS), not all of which are
at the same time and it appears to be good.
Thanks,
-J
[1]
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Configure_Samba_to_Work_Better_with_Mac_OS_X