A problem we have with xattrs today is that we use EAs and these are case insensitive. Even worse I think windows may also convert the names to uppercase :-( And there is no way to change it in the registry :-( On Mon, 22 May 2023 at 12:09, Steve French via samba-technical <samba-technical@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Looking through code today (in fs/cifs/xattr.c) I noticed an old > reference to returning alternate data streams as pseudo-xattrs. > Although it is possible to list streams via "smbinfo filestreaminfo" > presumably it is not common (opening streams on remote files from > Linux is probably not done as commonly as it should be as well). > > Any thoughts about returning alternate data streams via pseudo-xattrs? > Macs apparently allow this (see e.g. > https://www.jankyrobotsecurity.com/2018/07/24/accessing-alternate-data-streams-from-a-mac/) > > > > > > -- > Thanks, > > Steve >
