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xattr.7: wfix: s/extended user attributes/user extended attributes/
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Attributes in this class are used to implement mechanisms in user
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Attributes in this class are used to implement mechanisms in user
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space (i.e., outside the kernel) which keep information in extended attributes
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space (i.e., outside the kernel) which keep information in extended attributes
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to which ordinary processes should not have access.
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to which ordinary processes should not have access.
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.SS Extended user attributes
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.SS User extended attributes
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Extended user attributes may be assigned to files and directories for
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User extended attributes may be assigned to files and directories for
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storing arbitrary additional information such as the mime type,
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storing arbitrary additional information such as the mime type,
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character set or encoding of a file.
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character set or encoding of a file.
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The access permissions for user
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The access permissions for user
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special files and directories.
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special files and directories.
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.PP
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.PP
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For this reason,
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For this reason,
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extended user attributes are allowed only for regular files and directories,
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user extended attributes are allowed only for regular files and directories,
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and access to extended user attributes is restricted to the
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and access to user extended attributes is restricted to the
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owner and to users with appropriate capabilities for directories with the
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owner and to users with appropriate capabilities for directories with the
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sticky bit set (see the
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sticky bit set (see the
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.BR chmod (1)
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.BR chmod (1)
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Some filesystems, such as Reiserfs (and, historically, ext2 and ext3),
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Some filesystems, such as Reiserfs (and, historically, ext2 and ext3),
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require the filesystem to be mounted with the
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require the filesystem to be mounted with the
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.B user_xattr
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.B user_xattr
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mount option in order for extended user attributes to be used.
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mount option in order for user extended attributes to be used.
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.PP
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.PP
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In the current ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystem implementations,
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In the current ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystem implementations,
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the total bytes used by the names and values of all of a file's
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the total bytes used by the names and values of all of a file's
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