[PATCH] Maintain DOS attributes of externally copied file

ZINKEVICIUS,MATT (HP-Loveland,ex1) matt_zinkevicius at hp.com
Mon Aug 6 14:32:37 GMT 2001


> > Yep :-) The ACL database patch I'm working on stores the DOS
> > attributes along with the security descriptor in the database.
> 
> For a Samba-only installation, that'll be wonderful. :-)  Truthfully,
> we need to move the dos attribute stuff into the VFS.  I've worked
> on it some and will hopefully get started again in the near future.

Actually if your OS supports full-tree file change notification, then
the ACL database works just fine with other protocols (NFS, etc).

In the patch I did move set/get dos attributes into the VFS :-)

--Matt




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