Author: tridge Date: 2005-01-03 02:26:14 +0000 (Mon, 03 Jan 2005) New Revision: 4496
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba&rev=4496 Log: expanded info on testing your filesystem for xattr support Modified: branches/SAMBA_4_0/howto.txt Changeset: Modified: branches/SAMBA_4_0/howto.txt =================================================================== --- branches/SAMBA_4_0/howto.txt 2005-01-03 00:26:50 UTC (rev 4495) +++ branches/SAMBA_4_0/howto.txt 2005-01-03 02:26:14 UTC (rev 4496) @@ -135,3 +135,30 @@ 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.