Hello!
> I'm really not inclined to add this. As it is, the NTFS xattr are
> always treated as user attributes. An NTFS attr "foo.bar" is returned
> as "user.foo.bar" and when writing, a "user.foo.bar" is written as
> "foo.bar". Adding other attribute types requires to add some special
> casin
t 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 attribut
ng
> > > 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 ker
>
> 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
;
> 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 u
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 (sy
On Jan 13 17:53, Pavel Fedin wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Is there any support for xattrs ? I sometimes work with SquashFS images
> which make use of them (like security.capability) and i'd like to be able to
> store them along files.
> If not implemented, can this be somehow fulfilled ? For example, we
Hello!
Is there any support for xattrs ? I sometimes work with SquashFS images
which make use of them (like security.capability) and i'd like to be able to
store them along files.
If not implemented, can this be somehow fulfilled ? For example, we could
store them in a dedicated NTFS stream.
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