From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SGuVA-0000X7-2e for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:58:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CA683E0763; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 15:57:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from karnak.local (cpc2-lutn10-2-0-cust603.9-3.cable.virginmedia.com [81.97.90.92]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3AB8E077F for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 15:56:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by karnak.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id C67283003 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 16:56:31 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at local Received: from karnak.local ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (karnak.local [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id KpIf5QOu0t65 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 16:56:29 +0100 (BST) Received: from karnak.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by karnak.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id C08843002 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 16:56:29 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 16:56:23 +0100 From: David W Noon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Extended file attributes: ext4 Message-ID: <20120408165623.5fd4fcc6@karnak.local> In-Reply-To: <20120408152603.GC3025@solfire> References: <20120408152603.GC3025@solfire> Organization: Luton Operatic Society X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/67VXqV.2oEO+UqXoIeEbEm1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 2fc2529e-a68c-497a-b3eb-85d40953779d X-Archives-Hash: b99b78ddeb967ffa28251ccc37a88f2c --Sig_/67VXqV.2oEO+UqXoIeEbEm1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 17:26:03 +0200, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote about [gentoo-user] Extended file attributes: ext4: > is it possible to go from an ext4-filesystem with no extended file > attributes to one with extended file attributes without reformatting > the disk or other very risky low level things just by adding this > feature to the kenrel (?) ? Yes, it's simple. You need to ensure that your kernel configuration has the extended attribute support (ACL is a good idea too) and you have booted with the ext4 driver so configured. You then add the xattr option in /etc/fstab for the filesystem(s) where you want extended attribute support. If you do that before you reboot (as above) then you will have full extended attribute support. --=20 Regards, Dave [RLU #314465] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* dwnoon@ntlworld.com (David W Noon) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* --Sig_/67VXqV.2oEO+UqXoIeEbEm1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+BtS0ACgkQc9/LpQ70v49dIQCfX6QnkZzUOl/PtLr9V4/lCqvF A50An3i0uqFqwoi7GhDUfOPp3E6lwTW2 =Mg0F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/67VXqV.2oEO+UqXoIeEbEm1--