From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267668AbUHRUjY (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:39:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267650AbUHRUjX (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:39:23 -0400 Received: from moraine.clusterfs.com ([66.246.132.190]:27314 "EHLO moraine.clusterfs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267646AbUHRUgT (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:36:19 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:17:54 -0600 From: Andreas Dilger To: Helge Hafting Cc: Janusz Dziemidowicz , Diego Calleja , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] ext3 documentation (lack of) Message-ID: <20040818171754.GN8967@schnapps.adilger.int> Mail-Followup-To: Helge Hafting , Janusz Dziemidowicz , Diego Calleja , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040818025951.63c4134e.diegocg@teleline.es> <200408172301.09350.ryan@spitfire.gotdns.org> <20040818133818.7b0582f3.diegocg@teleline.es> <412352C9.7090006@hist.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VSVNCtZB1QZ8vhj+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <412352C9.7090006@hist.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/0D35BED6 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7A37 5D79 BF1B CECA D44F 8A29 A488 39F5 0D35 BED6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --VSVNCtZB1QZ8vhj+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Aug 18, 2004 14:59 +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: > ACL's does not require use of the user_xattr mount option - I have tested > that acl's work on ext3 with only the "acl" option. I guess user_xattr is > turned on automatically as needed - you can use the option if you want > posix extended attributes without acls. Actually, user_xattr is entirely unrelated to acls. The user_xattr option is used to enable arbitrary EAs that can be stored by the owner of the file with setfattr and read with getfattr (along with the syscalls for same). The acl support uses "in kernel" EAs that the user cannot modify. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ http://members.shaw.ca/adilger/ http://members.shaw.ca/golinux/ --VSVNCtZB1QZ8vhj+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBI49CpIg59Q01vtYRAkrSAJ9W3KTLNIlT7haP/WX9pKcEaOlmrACbBEXI xe9pWgUTojDp6IUBiZ7Q0Yc= =oDzB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VSVNCtZB1QZ8vhj+--