Re: chattr on OpenBSD???
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 09:11:15 -0600, "Raymond, David" wrote: > I noticed that chattr exists on OpenBSD. The man page says it applies > to Linux file systems (ext* etc). Two questions: > > 1. Does this also apply to OpenBSD's fast file system? (The man page > would suggest not.) No. > 2. If not, is it of any use on OpenBSD? Not unless you are using one of the Linux ext* file systems on OpenBSD. For native OpenBSD file systems you can use the BSD chflags(8) command. - todd
Re: chattr on OpenBSD???
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 09:11:15AM -0600, Raymond, David wrote: > I noticed that chattr exists on OpenBSD. The man page says it applies > to Linux file systems (ext* etc). Two questions: No. You have e2fsprogs installed. e2fsprogs-1.42.12p5:sysutils/e2fsprogs:/usr/local/man/man1/chattr.1 ..bottom of chattr(1): E2fsprogs version 1.42.12 August 2014CHATTR(1) -Bryan.
Re: chattr on OpenBSD???
Hmm... Why would I want e2fsprogs on OpenBSD??? Oh, I see, libreoffice drags it in. One more thing I wish I could dispense with. Dave On 4/17/20, Bryan Steele wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 09:11:15AM -0600, Raymond, David wrote: >> I noticed that chattr exists on OpenBSD. The man page says it applies >> to Linux file systems (ext* etc). Two questions: > > No. You have e2fsprogs installed. > > e2fsprogs-1.42.12p5:sysutils/e2fsprogs:/usr/local/man/man1/chattr.1 > > > ..bottom of chattr(1): > > E2fsprogs version 1.42.12 August 2014CHATTR(1) > > -Bryan. > > -- David J. Raymond david.raym...@nmt.edu http://physics.nmt.edu/~raymond
Re: chattr on OpenBSD???
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:27:33 -0600, "Raymond, David" wrote: > Hmm... Why would I want e2fsprogs on OpenBSD??? Oh, I see, > libreoffice drags it in. One more thing I wish I could dispense with. A bunch of ports pull it in for its uuid code. - todd
Re: chattr on OpenBSD???
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 09:14:49AM -0600, Todd C. Miller wrote: > On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 09:11:15 -0600, "Raymond, David" wrote: > > > I noticed that chattr exists on OpenBSD. The man page says it applies > > to Linux file systems (ext* etc). Two questions: > > > > 1. Does this also apply to OpenBSD's fast file system? (The man page > > would suggest not.) > > No. > > > 2. If not, is it of any use on OpenBSD? > > Not unless you are using one of the Linux ext* file systems on > OpenBSD. For native OpenBSD file systems you can use the BSD > chflags(8) command. > > - todd > > At least lsattr shows flags set by chflags. -- Henri Järvinen
Re: chattr on OpenBSD???
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 09:14:49AM -0600, Todd C. Miller wrote: >> On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 09:11:15 -0600, "Raymond, David" wrote: >> >> > I noticed that chattr exists on OpenBSD. The man page says it applies >> > to Linux file systems (ext* etc). Two questions: >> > >> > 1. Does this also apply to OpenBSD's fast file system? (The man page >> > would suggest not.) >> >> No. >> I see here "chattr +i" does set the uchg flag in a ffs filesystem. root@localhost:~# ls -lo /etc/resolv.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 21 Mar 13 08:18 /etc/resolv.conf root@localhost:~# chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf root@localhost:~# ls -lo /etc/resolv.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel uchg 21 Mar 13 08:18 /etc/resolv.conf >> > 2. If not, is it of any use on OpenBSD? >> >> Not unless you are using one of the Linux ext* file systems on >> OpenBSD. For native OpenBSD file systems you can use the BSD >> chflags(8) command. >> >> - todd >> >> > > At least lsattr shows flags set by chflags. > > -- > Henri Järvinen > > -- Fabio Martins
