From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "D.A.M. Revok" Subject: Re: bug report: attributes ( chattr +a ) not respected by reiserfs 3.6, but this isn't listed in man mkreiserfs Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:57:03 -0400 Message-ID: <200307161057.03293.marvin@synapse.net> References: <200307121010.07215.marvin@synapse.net> <200307151510.55763.marvin@synapse.net> <20030716103016.GA4955@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <20030716103016.GA4955@namesys.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Oleg Drokin , feedback@suse.com, reiserfs-list@namesys.com Hello yerself! I tried it with 'mount' rather than 'mount -o remount' and ... ... no difference. AND I've 'grepped -i ' for reiserfs in /var/log/* ... no errors. I'll have to try the reiserfsck --clean-attributes trick, next... On 2003-Jul-16, Wed 6h30, you wrote: >Hello! > > I suggest you to mount with -o attrs (not remount) also look in the > kernel logs for any problems, there is a requirement that before you > have attrs code working, you need to have special flag in superblock > set (which you can set with reiserfsck --clean-attributes) > >Bye, > Oleg > >On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 03:10:55PM -0400, D.A.M. Revok wrote: >> I was absolutely stunned that reiserfs would throw-away attributes >> /by default/ but possibly it could know them? >> So, I tried >> su >> mount -o remount,attrs /mnt/md1 >> exit >> echo "this and that" > test >> su >> chattr +a test >> lsattr test # *same as before*, it lists the attribute >> exit >> cp /dev/null test >> ls -l test # answer is size==0 >> >> So now ( now that I found your e-mail in all these damn spams! ) >> I know that it doesn't respect attributes normally, or with the >> mount -o attrs >> option. >> >> It /shows/ that it respects attributes, but they don't /change >> anything/ and that is a problem. >> >> Append-only logs work in ext3, but not with reiserfs. >> >> On 2003-Jul-13, Sun 9h10, you wrote: >> >Hello! >> > >> >On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 10:10:07AM -0400, D.A.M. Revok wrote: >> >> Please declare this in man .*reiser.* >> >> ( and also in the --help listings for 'em ), since it is kind of >> >> important to know *when* one is setting-up a filesystem >> >> ( rather than after the system's been built... ) >> >> so that no others will try setting >> >> chattr +a logfile >> >> to make it append-only, as part of system-security, because the >> >> attribute set is non-meaningful. ext3 respects this attribute. >> >> This on SuSE 8.1 Pro and 8.2 Pro's kernel, maybe the stock kernel >> >> has it working, but I figure it'd be better to tell you people and >> >> let youse sort-it-out. >> > >> >How do you tell it is not meaningful? Hve you tried to >> >mount with -o attrs mount option? >> > >> >Bye, >> > Oleg >> >> -- >> http://www.drawright.com/ >> - "The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" ( Betty Edwards, >> check "Theory", "Gallery", and "Exercises" ) >> http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/iep/seven_habits.html >> - "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" ( this site is same >> principles as Covey's book ) >> http://www.eiconsortium.org/research/ei_theory_performance.htm >> - "Working With Emotional Intelligence" ( Goleman: this link is >> /revised/ theory, "Working. . . " is practical ) >> http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadershop/1978-5.html >> - Corps Business: The 30 /Management Principles/ of the U.S. Marines >> ( David Freedman ) -- http://www.drawright.com/ - "The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" ( Betty Edwards, check "Theory", "Gallery", and "Exercises" ) http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/iep/seven_habits.html - "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" ( this site is same principles as Covey's book ) http://www.eiconsortium.org/research/ei_theory_performance.htm - "Working With Emotional Intelligence" ( Goleman: this link is /revised/ theory, "Working. . . " is practical ) http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadershop/1978-5.html - Corps Business: The 30 /Management Principles/ of the U.S. Marines ( David Freedman )