Re: .reiserfs_priv directory removal

[Nicholas DeClario <funsac@gmail.com>]

Removing it after rebooting in to 2.4 is definitely a posibility. 
However, the "elegant" solution in the scenario here is to do it
before hand.  I was wondering if it was possible.  I guess the most
logical route to go would be to have a run-once script that deletes
these directories when 2.4 boots.

Thanks for you help Jeff.

Regards,
Nick

On 5/10/05, Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> wrote:
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> The only way to remove this directory under a 2.6 kernel is to rebuild
> the kernel without extended attributes enabled. The .reiserfs_priv
> directory is special and hidden. The problem you're running into is
> similar to mounting an ext3 filesystem as ext2 using a kernel from
> before ext3 was written. It doesn't know how to use it, and so it just
> doesn't hide the directory.
> 
> The 2.6 kernels, when it's possible that the directory will be used (ie:
> xattrs enabled, read-write), creates the directory if it doesn't exist.
> So, as soon as you mount the filesystem on another 2.6 system, the
> directory will be recreated unless you've disabled xattrs at compile time.
> 
> What's the problem with simply removing the directory once you've
> mounted the filesystem under your 2.4 kernel?
> 
> - -Jeff
> 
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> Jeff Mahoney
> SuSE Labs
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