Hi
lsattr is for an ext2 filesystem. It doesn't work on a XFS filesystem. See
the chattr/ lsattr man page.
Seth: This is maybe a FAQ.
Regarding your XFS hang up i cant help you, there are better experts on this
list. Maybe a newer kernel (2.4.14 or CVS) helps.
utz
Justin Cormack [justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> I have been having an acl/attr related problem with xfs
>
> linux 2.4.9+
> patch-2.4.9-xfs-2001-08-19.bz2
>
> I am not exactly sure how it arose. I havent been using acls, and in fact my
> kernel was not compiled with acl support (and I am not sure it ever has been).
> I was happily using xfs on one partition that I use for video streaming,
> until one day I tried to write to it and the machine hung solid. No syslog
> message on the serial console, nothing at all. This behaviour was consistent.
> It also refused to let me create directories, saying permission denied, which
> is why I suspected acls, and then discovered that even doing lsattr on the
> partition would die the same way. xfs_check reported no errors, nor did the
> SMART on the drive. I recompiled the kernel with acl support,
> and now lsattr gives
> lsattr: Invalid argument While reading flags on /video/.
> ------------ /video/..
> lsattr: Invalid argument While reading flags on /video/lost+found
> lsattr: Invalid argument While reading flags on /video/left-raw
> lsattr: Invalid argument While reading flags on /video/right-raw
> ------------ /video/images
> ------------ /video/text
>
> Any idea what is going on?
>
> Please cc as not on list
>
> Justin
>
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