On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:20:35PM +0530, 'Linto Joseph Mathew wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, 'Linto Joseph Mathew wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 07:18:00PM +0530, 'Linto Joseph Mathew wrote:
> > > > There are system calls for set/getting extra attributes to a file.
> > > > How do i invoke it in a c program?
> > > > Is there any special functions?
> > >
> > > Check the getxattr and setxattr man pages that are part of the
> > > libattr1-dev[1] package.
>
> I tried
> $ setfattr -n XXX -v XXXX path
> $ getfattr -n XXX path
> on my XFS partition.
> But it showing "Operation not supported".
> I am using kernel 2.4.20. and xfs-2.4.20-all.i386 patch.
>
> will kernel 2.4.20 support this operation?
> If not ,which is the supporting version ?
Ok, I'm not sure about this, but do you have CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL set?
Someone else on the list can clarify this, but my guess is that this
also turns on and off extended attributes.
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