----- Original Message ----- > On Fri, 2016-01-29 at 04:14 -0500, Ondrej Holy wrote: > > as far as I know extended file attributes are not supported by any of > > backends. NFS protocol doesn't support them all. SMB and SFTP > > protocol should support them, however libsmbclient doesn't provide > > API to read unix file modes at all. > > SFTP backend should support unix modes already and it seems it is > > possible to implement extended attributes support also, though I am > > not sure it is a best idea. So I would recommend to use SFTP backend > > and please file a bug against GVfs product if something doesn't work > > (patches are welcome): > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gvfs > > I would imagine SFTP would have access to attributes somehow. > > SFTP does support UNIX mode. > > Note - this is sort of related to < > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=559586> - it is a good read > around this topic.
Did not know about this bug, I will take a look... > FYI, the extended attributes stuff is in glib/gio, not gvfs proper. > > > I would recommend rsync for backups anyway... but I am not really > > sure whether rsync backend is possible to be implemented and whether > > it would fulfill your needs. > > Rsync itself typically runs over another protocol; SFTP seems the most > general purpose to me. I see, but there is also rsync server and native rsync protocol. Reporter is asking for rsync backend, so I suppose he meant rsync protocol. Otherwise I do not understand, how he would like to implement the rsync backend... > > I don't know the protocol, but I doubt about it. GVfs lacks manpower > > anyway, so you are welcome if you wish to propose patches for it... > > Yeah, do not expect much activity on bugs reports on GVFS. :( I am really sorry about this, it is not possible to take care about all the bugs, but I can promise that I will look at patches if you will contribute some... Regards Ondrej -- nautilus-list mailing list nautilus-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
