Hi, I am receiving mixed signals on whether GlusterFS actually support xattrs on the client side. I am told that it does support xattrs but my tests seems to indicate that it does not. I also seem to recollect reading a post to this list saying that it does not support xattrs, but I am not able to find it now. Also a google search pretty much only tells me what I already know; that GlusterFS uses xattrs extensively on the server side. Here is a test on the clients root filesystem (ext4): [root /]# touch testfile [root /]# attr -s testattr -V 2 testfile Attribute "testattr" set to a 1 byte value for testfile: 2 [root /]# attr -g testattr testfile Attribute "testattr" had a 1 byte value for testfile: 2 Now lets test in a GlusterFS mounted folder: [root /]# cd /storage1/ [root storage1]# touch glusterfile [root storage1]# attr -s testattr -V 2 glusterfile attr_set: Operation not supported Could not set "testattr" for glusterfile So am I doing something wrong or does GlusterFS not support xattrs? If it does not support xattr, did it at some point in the past? I am using SL6 with GlusterFS 3.1.4 Sincerly Hans K. Rosbach
