[arch-general] Cannot set xattr

[André Ramaciotti da Silva]

Hi all,

I'm thinking of different ways to organize my files and xattrs seem a
nice, standardized way to do so (don't ask me exactly what I'm trying to
do, for I only have a slight idea).

The problem is: I can't use them at all. I'm using the default kernel,
which, according to /proc/config.gz has:

CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR=y

and I'm using ext4, evidently.

I've tried doing the following:

$ echo 'asd' > test
$ attr -s user.author -V andre test
attr_set: Operation not supported
Could not set "user.author" for test

but, as you can see, it doesn't work. Running it as root doesn't work,
too. I've also made a small C program, but it also fails to set the xattr,
returning ENOTSUP (operation not supported), so it isn't a problem with
'attr'.

I do have 'attr' from [core] installed so I don't know what else can be
the problem.

Thanks in advance,
Andre