[PATCHES] de-couple vfs_streams_xattr from "ea support"
Andreas Schneider
asn at samba.org
Fri Mar 3 07:26:11 UTC 2017
On Thursday, 2 March 2017 20:37:35 CET Uri Simchoni wrote:
> "ea support" conf parameter determines whether smbd will handle SMB
> requests related to extended attributes. vfs_streams_xattr currently
> requires "ea support = yes", or it won't list streams, but doesn't seem
> aligned with the desired meaning of "ea support" which is the
> client-facing behavior, not the storage backend behavior. This is mostly
> relevant to vfs_fruit and Mac support.
>
> This patch set removes this coupling - it allows EA's to be disabled and
> EA-based streams to be enabled.
>
> First two patches are small unrelated cleanups, then the actual change,
> then changes to documentation, selftest, and testparm.
>
> Review appreciated,
> Uri.
While you guys are working on this. Could you please update
docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/easupport.xml
It more or less states that this option is only for OS/2 support ...
Thanks,
Andreas
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