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Re: [Acl-devel] Extended Attributes
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Andreas Gruenbacher |
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Re: [Acl-devel] Extended Attributes |
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Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:12:01 +0100 |
On Sun, 2011-12-25 at 00:49 +0530, dev andy wrote:
> I've some basic questions regarding exteded attributes:
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> Do extended attributes go with the file being copied or sent along
> with ftp file transfer?
No.
> Can we restrict the users from seeing the extended attributes? How?
You cannot normally hide extended attributes. Different attributes have
different policies for determining who can read and write them. See the
attr(5) manual page.
Andreas