Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266669AbUF3Ncf (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:32:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265902AbUF3Nce (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:32:34 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:51392 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266677AbUF3NcA (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:32:00 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:31:59 +0200 (MEST) From: "Michael Kerrisk" To: Jacky Malcles Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <40E2B795.35EA5824@bull.net> Subject: Re: A question about extended attributes of filesystem objects (setfattr command) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated: #23581172 Message-ID: <17330.1088602319@www51.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 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: 1389 Lines: 47 Gidday, > 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" What file system are you using? If ext2, ext3 (or patched kernel supporting Reiserfs EAs), did you mount with "-o user_xattr? (The above error suggests you haven't used this option.) > reading the man pages of setfattr (or attr) I thought that it operates > on the attributes of the symbolic link itself. No, these commands follow symbolic links. > 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 ? attr(5) specifically notes that USER EAs are disallowed on symbolic links, but this is rather an issu that affects the use of lsetxattr(2). Cheers, Michael -- "Sie haben neue Mails!" - Die GMX Toolbar informiert Sie beim Surfen! Jetzt aktivieren unter http://www.gmx.net/info - 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/