Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:55:10 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: FAT, NTFS, CIFS and DOS attributes |
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Michael B Allen wrote: >> >>Thus, I'd propose: >> >> system.dosattrib - DOS attributes (single byte) >> system.dosshortname - DOS short name (e.g. for VFAT) > > > Oh, from the man page I thought 'system' attributes were "extended > attributes to which ordinary processes should not have access". Is that > not true? If it is true, how would an ordinary user change these attrs? >
Nah:
Extended system attributes Extended system attributes are used by the kernel to store sys- tem objects such as Access Control Lists and Capabilities. Read and write access permissions to system attributes depend on the policy implemented for each system attribute implemented by filesystems in the kernel.
It's not *that* broken...
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