[Gluster-devel] Extended Attributes

[Anand Avati]

>
>>>  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?


Gluster supports Posix ACLs if the backend disks support extended
attributes  (with or without AFR)

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