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@@ -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. |