From: Jacky Malcles <Jacky.Malcles@bull.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: A question about extended attributes of filesystem objects (setfattr command)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:52:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40E2B795.35EA5824@bull.net> (raw)
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,
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next reply other threads:[~2004-06-30 12:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-30 12:52 Jacky Malcles [this message]
2004-06-30 13:31 ` A question about extended attributes of filesystem objects (setfattr command) Michael Kerrisk
2004-06-30 14:04 ` Jacky Malcles
2004-06-30 14:21 ` Michael Kerrisk
2004-06-30 14:22 ` Jacky Malcles
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