[Gluster-devel] Extended Attributes

Derek Price derek at ximbiot.com
Wed May 14 14:56:20 UTC 2008


Amar S. Tumballi wrote:
>> 3) In what other scenarios are extended attributes needed?
>>
> Currently its used only by those two translators inside GlusterFS.  Linux
> systems use it for supporting Posix ACLs. if you don't need it, you can go
> ahead.

Does this mean that Gluster will handle Posix ACLs correctly over AFR 
volumes?

Thanks,

Derek
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