Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix user.* xattr permission check for sticky dirs | From | Dave Kleikamp <> | Date | Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:14:15 -0600 |
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On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 17:59 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > >The user.* extended attributes are only allowed on regular files and > >directories. Sticky directories further restrict write access to the > >owner and privileged users. (See the attr(5) man page for an > >explanation.) > > > > Does this effect ACL handling for sticky dirs in any way?
No. xattr_permission (which this patch hits) always returns 0 for system.* attributes and leaves it to the file system to handle.
Shaggy -- David Kleikamp IBM Linux Technology Center
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