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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes


From: Tom Lord
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:17:47 -0800 (PST)

    > From: Thomas Zander <address@hidden>

    >> ACLs are something entirely different.  Unlike extended
    >> attributes in general, they have a very specific semantics --
    >> just like permission bits in an inode.

    > According to that reasoning a field like 'mime-type' being
    > specified & registered for general usage would also not be EAs.
    > Seems like a wierd definition to me.

To be more specific: ACLs have a semantics which permits them to be
treated correctly by standard unix filesystem calls.  A mime-type
attribute would not.

-t




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