Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:59:53 +0200 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] ext3 documentation (lack of) |
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Janusz Dziemidowicz wrote:
> AFAIK > user_xattr - turns on POSIX Extended attributes > nouser_xattr - obvious > acl - turns on ACL (Access Control Lists) > noacl - obvious > > However these features are only present in 2.6.x, they are explained > in Help during kernel configuration. I'm not sure if acl requires > user_xattr to be turned on. I remember that I spent some time looking > for a way to enable these on ext2/ext3 :)
ACL's does not require use of the user_xattr mount option - I have tested that acl's work on ext3 with only the "acl" option. I guess user_xattr is turned on automatically as needed - you can use the option if you want posix extended attributes without acls.
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