Eric Sandeen wrote:
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> Mingming Cao wrote:
>> On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 17:06 -0700, jvrao wrote:
>>> lsetxattr()/lgetxsttr() functions are not working on a ext4 symlink. 
>>> But works fine on a regular file.
>>>
>>> I tried the following program.. Not sure if I am missing something.
>>> Any help will be appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I tried your test program on ext2/3/btrfs, it seems all broken. 
>> Not sure how this not being visible? Thought xattrs are heavily used by
>> default on some distros.
> 
> xfs as well FWIW.
> 
> however, I'm not sure setting user xattrs directly on symlinks is
> a common operation...

Looking at the  attr(5) says user xattrs are not allowed on symlinks and special files.
I guess it is working as designed. :)

- JV

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> -Eric
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