[arch-general] Cannot set xattr

[Thomas Bächler]

André Ramaciotti da Silva schrieb:
> 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'.

That's because if you want to use user.* extended attributes on 
ext2/3/4, you have to mount with the user_xattr mount options. Simply 
add it to fstab.

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