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Graham Perrin

NTFS-3G: Extended Attributes - 0 views

  • information which cannot be stored in the file
  • Extended attributes are properties
  • optionally set to files or directories
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  • with variations
  • Windows, Linux, Solaris, MacOSX
  • On Linux, specifically, four categories of extended attributes have been defined
  • user : to record properties defined by applications
  • names of the extended attributes must be prefixed
  • Examples of extended attribute names
  • stable ntfs-3g supports the user name space
  • some Linux distributions do not support the extended attribute interface
  • commands for getting or setting the extended attributes are system dependent
  • extended attributes in user name space are stored on NTFS as alternative data streams
  • The following sections describe how to access a few NTFS internal data as extended attributes
  • NTFS Attributes
  • miscellaneous flags associated with a file or directory
  • Only eight flags can be changed
  • NTFS use reparse data to define special actions before opening
  • reparse data of a file or directory is mapped to an extended attribute
  • translated into ownership, permissions and Posix ACLs parameters
  • NTFS ACLs are used to control access
  • NTFS ACL of a file or directory is mapped to an extended attribute
  • EFS is the methodology used in NTFS to deal with encrypted files
  • decryption information, the EFS Info, which contains the key, encrypted
  • decryption information is mapped to an extended attribute
  • encryption and compression are not compatible
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Graham Perrin

Advanced NTFS-3G Features - 0 views

  • the NTFS-3G project globally aims at providing a stable NTFS driver for several operating systems
  • the advanced branch specifically aims at developing, maturing, and releasing features to get user feedback
  • advanced releases are designed as add-ons to the latest stable release
Graham Perrin

MacFUSE | Google Groups - 0 views

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