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| author | Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> | 2004-12-17 06:32:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2007-10-10 13:07:28 -0500 |
| commit | a6c4f4b7c9b9a66bde02bd1b63258dbc14dd48c9 (patch) | |
| tree | 7c33de9f7c7817d56b92cdc997291c256abdd3f5 /howto.txt | |
| parent | 3ac840159881ce6eeac27ff0dc324e4d6ac0a70a (diff) | |
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r4245: add a note about using a tdb to store xattr information, so you can
have all Samba4 features on a plain posix filesystem.
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diff --git a/howto.txt b/howto.txt index bc3978964e3..58c2486a9e4 100644 --- a/howto.txt +++ b/howto.txt @@ -107,12 +107,18 @@ try these commands: smbclient //localhost/test -Uadministrator%SOMEPASSWORD or - ./script/tests/test_posix.sh //localhost/test administrator - SOMEPASSWORD + ./script/tests/test_posix.sh //localhost/test administrator SOMEPASSWORD Note that to pass all the tests you would need to be using a filesystem with user_xattr support. On many Linux systems with an ext3 filesystem this means mounting with the "-o user_xattr" option. Consult your filesystem and kernel docs for more details. +If you don't have a filesystem with xattr support, then you can +simulate it by using the option: + posix:eadb = /usr/local/samba/eadb.tdb + +that will place all extra file attributes (NT ACLs, DOS EAs, streams +etc), in that tdb. It is not efficient, and doesn't scale well, but at +least it gives you a choice when you don't have a modern filesystem. |