Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266660AbUF3MvK (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:51:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266661AbUF3MvK (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:51:10 -0400 Received: from ecbull20.frec.bull.fr ([129.183.4.3]:5562 "EHLO ecbull20.frec.bull.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266660AbUF3MvH (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:51:07 -0400 Message-ID: <40E2B795.35EA5824@bull.net> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:52:37 +0200 From: Jacky Malcles X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; AIX 4.3) X-Accept-Language: fr-FR,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: A question about extended attributes of filesystem objects (setfattr command) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1088 Lines: 39 I have a question regarding Attributes of symlinks vs. the files pointed to If I try to attach name:value pair to object symlink file then I'll get: "Operation not permitted" reading the man pages of setfattr (or attr) I thought that it operates on the attributes of the symbolic link itself. show: ----- touch f ln -s f l setfattr -n user.filename -v ascii1 f l setfattr -h -n user.filename -v ascii2 f getfattr -d f l setfattr -h -n user.filename -v ascii3 l setfattr -h --no-dereference -n user.filename -v ascii4 l getfattr -d f l so, my question is : what is expected ? I've libattr-devel-2.2.0-1 libattr-2.2.0-1 attr-2.2.0-1 and a 2.6.7 kernel many thanks, regards, -- Jacky Malcles B1-403 Email : Jacky.Malcles@bull.net Bull SA, 1 rue de Provence, B.P 208, 38432 Echirolles CEDEX, FRANCE Tel : 04.76.29.73.14 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/