From 5c04ee88bc3a8fe4bde91d488d74bbadb836a5e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kamil Dudka Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 16:13:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] xattr.conf: document how libattr itself uses the file Otherwise users could think that only entries with the `skip` action are excluded by libattr functions attr_copy_file() and attr_copy_fd() by default. --- xattr.conf | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/xattr.conf b/xattr.conf index dcbc12c..7361fbd 100644 --- a/xattr.conf +++ b/xattr.conf @@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ # Actions: # permissions - copy when trying to preserve permissions. # skip - do not copy. +# +# Note that libattr functions attr_copy_file() and attr_copy_fd() by default +# skip all extended attributes that are matched by any of the below patterns, +# regardless of the specified action. system.nfs4_acl permissions system.nfs4acl permissions -- 2.20.1 From 951fbb74d402a96619b6b9ee894d272650ec7100 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kamil Dudka Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 16:21:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] xattr.conf: remove entries for NFSv4 ACLs namespaces ... in order to make it possible to copy NFSv4 ACLs by GNU coreutils' implementation of cp(1). There is no way to make GNU coreutils copy extended attributes that are matched by any entry from /etc/xattr.conf. GNU coreutils upstream says that NFS-related entries should be removed from the default /etc/xattr.conf to make copying of NFSv4 ACLs work: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2019-03/msg00008.html --- xattr.conf | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/xattr.conf b/xattr.conf index 7361fbd..1ac5b2f 100644 --- a/xattr.conf +++ b/xattr.conf @@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ # skip all extended attributes that are matched by any of the below patterns, # regardless of the specified action. -system.nfs4_acl permissions -system.nfs4acl permissions system.posix_acl_access permissions system.posix_acl_default permissions trusted.SGI_ACL_DEFAULT skip # xfs specific -- 2.20.1