Use an EA to store dos attributes

[Marc Kaplan]

Can we try that patch out? I'd like to apply it to our tree here, and start
testing/modifying it.

Is it the same one that Andrew Esh sent you? If so, I have it already too.

Thanks,
			-Marc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Allison [mailto:jra at samba.org]
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:53 AM
> To: Marc Kaplan
> Cc: 'jra at samba.org'; 'tridge at samba.org'; 'Multiple recipients of list
> SAMBA-TECHNICAL'; 'jerry at samba.org'; Ravi Wijayaratne; Kevin 
> Osborn; Dan
> Burrows
> Subject: Re: Use an EA to store dos attributes
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 10:49:52AM -0700, Marc Kaplan wrote:
> > Jeremy,
> > 
> > Now that we're using EAs where available to store whether 
> the file/folder's
> > ACL was inherited, can we also consider storing the dos 
> attributes in an EA,
> > rather than masking the file permissions? It seems like a 
> cleaner solution
> > then changing ACLs/perms (on Read-only set)/looking for some magical
> > combination of Perms/ACLs (to present Read-only). There are 
> other situations
> > where this would also help, for example: the hidden 
> attribute cannot be set
> > on directories (actually, I'm having trouble getting it to 
> stick on files
> > too!). If the system has extended attributes, why not use 
> them for this
> > purpose?
> > 
> > Actually, I just searched through my old Samba Technical 
> mail, and I found
> > that you said that you were considering it for 3.0 (mail 
> sent on: Friday
> > 3/21/03). If you do want it in 3.0, would you accept a 
> patch? Or do you want
> > to do this work your self?
> 
> Yes there is already a patch in my inbox for this. I would 
> definately consider
> it for 3.0 - but I'm franticly working on getting the smb 
> signing right (this
> will be a *big* deal w.r.t. krb5 security attacks soon....). 
> The limiting factor
> has been testing time.
> 
> Please go for it !
> 
> Jeremy.
>