hello Jean-Claude,
On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 09:12:12AM +0930, Jean-Claude Nou wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am testing the XFS file system and utilities (ver 2.0.0-0 with the
> 2.4.18-SGI_XFS_1.1_PR2 kernel) in the hope of including them in a roll out. I
> have made a backup and successfully restored, however the ACL's weren't
> restored. I am curious - are they meant to? I assume this is what is meant by
> extended attributes in the xfsdump man page. I couldn't find any other doco
> that specifically discusses this.
Yes, you're correct -- ACLs are implemented using extended attributes
in XFS, and yes they are meant to be restored. This turned out to be
an XFS kernel bug...
> The commands that were issued are:
>
> xfsdump -L session1 -M xfsbackupTEST -l 0 -o -f /dev/nst0 /mnt/xfs
> xfsrestore -f /dev/nst0 -i /mnt/xfs/restored_files/
>
> BTW - previous backup/restore attempts resulted in (which didn't happen in
> version 2.0.0-0 so I guess you guys have been busy):
(yes, Tim tells me this issue was fixed a little while ago)
>
> Looking forward to your reply.
>
I have just checked in a kernel change which will fix this problem
- it should show up in the XFS CVS tree kernel shortly. Thanks for
reporting the problem.
cheers.
--
Nathan
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