This is with 2.6 (both very recent and relatively old version). Many
thanks for looking at it.
-Phil
Murali Vilayannur wrote:
hi Phil,
Are you using 2.4. kernel versions? or 2.6?
If xattrs dont work, ACLs also won't work.
I will dig into this and let you know what I find out..
thanks,
Murali
On 6/28/07, Phil Carns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am interested in this because it would be nice to be able to set
tuning options at the root directory level without modifying the server
side configuration files. I also wonder if this issue would cause
problems for ACLs on the root directory.
-Phil
Murali Vilayannur wrote:
> Hey Phil,
> Sorry I forgot to get back to you on this..
> No I don't think this would work.
> It is a kernel module issue that I hadnt tracked down fully..
> Do you need this feature?
> thanks,
> Murali
>
> On 6/27/07, Phil Carns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Just pinging on this one again- has any one else bumped into this
>> problem?
>>
>> -Phil
>>
>> Phil Carns wrote:
>> > It looks like pvfs2 does not allow you to set xattrs on the root
>> > directory. Is this expected?
>> >
>> > # checking the mount options:
>> >
>> > > mount -t pvfs2
>> > tcp://localhost:3334/pvfs2-fs on /mnt/pvfs2 type pvfs2
(rw,user_xattr)
>> >
>> > # confirming that xattrs can be set on a normal directory:
>> >
>> > > setfattr -n user.pvfs2.num_dfiles -v "1" /mnt/pvfs2/dir1
>> > > getfattr -n user.pvfs2.num_dfiles /mnt/pvfs2/dir1
>> > getfattr: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
>> > # file: mnt/pvfs2/dir1
>> > user.pvfs2.num_dfiles="1"
>> >
>> > # trying to set xattrs on the root directory:
>> >
>> > > setfattr -n user.pvfs2.num_dfiles -v "1" /mnt/pvfs2
>> > setfattr: /mnt/pvfs2: Operation not permitted
>> > > getfattr -n user.pvfs2.num_dfiles /mnt/pvfs2
>> > /mnt/pvfs2: user.pvfs2.num_dfiles: No such attribute
>> >
>> > All of the above is run as root. I don't think it is anything
special
>> > about the num_dfiles attribute either; it looks like I can't set any
>> > xattrs on the root directory. It always responds with "Operation
not
>> > permitted".
>> >
>> > -Phil
>> >
>>
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