On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Priit Kivisoo schrieb: > > I just got a little worried though. Is there any reason for user_xattr not >>> being enabled by default? >>> >>> >> I think it's because Arch doesn't use SELinux by default, as it's mostly >> for >> ACLs. >> > > Neither selinux nor ACL have anything to do with this options. Read man 5 > attr. > > "They are often used to provide additional functionality to a filesystem - for example, additional security features such as Access Control Lists (ACLs) may be implemented using extended attributes." That's what I read. I may be wrong, of course. Priit
