Samba share and file attributes

[Alan Dayley]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> ----
> I think we just went through this with someone else on list a
> month or so ago.
>
> You probably want to check how the file system is mounted
> xattr? as that is pretty key to getting extended attributes.
>
> You will definitely want to look at the man page for smb.conf
> - specifically at the 'ea support' and 'store dos attribtes' sections.
>
> The 'map' attributes functionality pretty much depends upon
> them. create mask & force commands might influence (override)
> some of the other settings.

The file system is not mounted xattr.  Is there an easy way to:

- Confirm that the kernel can support xattr?
-- This is a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 system

- Remount the file system with xattr?
-- Samba shares are at /var/sambashares.  Lots of other important
stuff is in the /var mount tree, as you may well imagine.

Alan