1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> 2<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> 3<refentry id="vfs_streams_xattr.8"> 4 5<refmeta> 6 <refentrytitle>vfs_streams_xattr</refentrytitle> 7 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 8 <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo> 9 <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo> 10 <refmiscinfo class="version">3.5</refmiscinfo> 11</refmeta> 12 13 14<refnamediv> 15 <refname>vfs_streams_xattr</refname> 16 <refpurpose>Store alternate data streams in posix xattrs</refpurpose> 17</refnamediv> 18 19<refsynopsisdiv> 20 <cmdsynopsis> 21 <command>vfs objects = streams_xattr</command> 22 </cmdsynopsis> 23</refsynopsisdiv> 24 25<refsect1> 26 <title>DESCRIPTION</title> 27 28 <para>This VFS module is part of the 29 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle> 30 <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para> 31 32 <para>The <command>vfs_streams_xattr</command> enables storing of NTFS 33 alternate data streams in the file system. As a normal posix file 34 system does not support the concept of multiple data streams per file, 35 the streams_xattr module stores the data in posix extended attributes 36 (xattrs). The name of these attributes is 37 user.DosStream."ADS-NAME".</para> 38 39 <para>The file system that is shared with this module enabled must 40 support xattrs.</para> 41 42 <para>Please note that most file systems have severe limitations on 43 the size of xattrs. So this module might work for applications like IE 44 that stores small zone information in streams but will fail for 45 applications that store serious amounts of data in ADSs.</para> 46</refsect1> 47 48<refsect1> 49 <title>EXAMPLES</title> 50 51<programlisting> 52 <smbconfsection name="[share]"/> 53 <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">streams_xattr</smbconfoption> 54</programlisting> 55 56</refsect1> 57 58<refsect1> 59 <title>AUTHOR</title> 60 61 <para>The original Samba software and related utilities 62 were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed 63 by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar 64 to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para> 65 66</refsect1> 67 68</refentry> 69