On Jan 15 10:27, Pavel Fedin wrote: > Hello! > > > "user." xattrs are supported, but no others. This is partially to have > > smooth support of xattrs when using Samba shares. See the attr > > package and the getxattr, etc. calls in Cygwin's ntea.cc. > > Yes, i have checked that. > What do you think about adding other possible namespaces (system, > security, and... don't remember the 3rd one) ? So that when > manipulating UNIX archives etc these attributes could be kept along > with files ? At least we have one use case now.
That doesn't make sense. Extended attributes as implemented by Windows are user attributes, not system attributes. The non-user attributes on Linux have a very special meaning to the kernel and/or are restricted to privileged users only. Their functionality is already provided by other OS functions (as for system.posix_acl_access) or not at all (as for security.selinux). Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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