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.\"-
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Robert N. M. Watson
.\" Copyright (c) 1999, 2000, 2001 Robert N. M. Watson
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd December 23, 1999
.Os
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.Fd #include <sys/vnode.h>
.Fd #include <sys/extattr.h>
.Ft int
.Fn VOP_GETEXTATTR "struct vnode *vp" "const char *name" "struct uio *uio" "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *p"
.Fn VOP_GETEXTATTR "struct vnode *vp" "int namespace" "const char *name" "struct uio *uio" "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *p"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This vnode call may be used to retrieve a specific named extended attribute
from a file or directory.
@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ Its arguments are:
.Bl -tag -width type
.It Ar vp
the vnode of the file or directory
.It Ar namespace
integer constant indicating which extended attribute namespace the attribute
name is present in
.It Ar name
pointer to a null-terminated character string containing the attribute name
.It Ar uio
@ -58,9 +61,10 @@ the process requesting the extended attribute
The
.Fa cred
pointer may be NULL to indicate that access control checks are not to be
performed, of possible. This cred setting might be used to allow the
kernel to authorize extended attribute retrieval that the active process
might not be permitted to do.
performed, if possible. This
.Fa cred
setting might be used to allow the kernel to authorize extended attribute
retrieval that the active process might not be permitted to do.
.Pp
Extended attribute semantics may vary by file system implementing the call.
More information on extended attributes may be found in

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.\"-
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Robert N. M. Watson
.\" Copyright (c) 1999, 2000, 2001 Robert N. M. Watson
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd December 23, 1999
.Os
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.Fd #include <sys/vnode.h>
.Fd #include <sys/extattr.h>
.Ft int
.Fn VOP_SETEXTATTR "struct vnode *vp" "const char *name" "struct uio *uio" "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *p"
.Fn VOP_SETEXTATTR "struct vnode *vp" "int namespace" "const char *name" "struct uio *uio" "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *p"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This vnode call may be used to set specific named extended attribute for a
file or directory.
@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ Its arguments are:
.Bl -tag -width type
.It Ar vp
the vnode of the file or directory
.It Ar namespace
integer constant indicating which extended attribute namespace the attribute
name is present in
.It Ar name
pointer to a null-terminated character string containing the attribute name
.It Ar uio
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The
.Fa cred
pointer may be NULL to indicate that access control checks are not to be
performed, of possible. This cred setting might be used to allow the
kernel to authorize extended attribute changes that the active process might
not be permitted to make.
performed, of possible. This
.Fa cred
setting might be used to allow the kernel to authorize extended attribute
changes that the active process might not be permitted to make.
.Pp
Extended attribute semantics may vary by file system implementing the call.
More information on extended attributes may be found in

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.\"-
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Robert N. M. Watson
.\" Copyright (c) 1999, 2000, 2001 Robert N. M. Watson
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd December 23, 1999
.Os
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.Fd #include <sys/extattr.h>
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Named extended attributes allow additional meta-data to be associated
with vnodes representing files and directories. The semantics of this
additional data is that of a "name=value" pair, where a name may
be defined or undefined, and if defined, associated with zero or more
bytes of arbitrary binary data. Reads of this data may return specific
contiguous regions of the meta-data, in the style of
with vnodes representing files and directories.
The semantics of this additional data is that of a "name=value" pair, where
a name may be defined or undefined, and if defined, associated with zero or
more bytes of arbitrary binary data.
Extended attribute names exist within a set of namespaces; each operation
on an extended attribute is required to provide the namespace to which to
operation refers.
If the same name is present in multiple namespaces, the extended attributes
associated with the names are stored and manipulated independently.
The following two namespaces are defined universally, although individual
file systems may implement additional namespaces, or not implement
these namespaces: EXTATTR_NAMESPACE_USER, EXTATTR_NAMESPACE_SYSTEM.
The semantics of these attributes are intended to be as follows: user
attribute data is protected according the the normal discretionary
and mandatory protections associated with the data in the file or
directory; system attribute data is protected such that appropriate
privilege is required to directly access or manipulate these attributes.
Reads of extended attribute data may return specific contiguous regions of
the meta-data, in the style of
.Xr VOP_READ 9 ,
but writes will replace the entire current "value" associated with
a given name. As there are a plethora of file systems with differing
extended attributes, availability and functionality of these functions
may be limited, and they should be used with awareness of the underlying
semantics of the supporting file system. Authorization schemes for
extended attribute data may also vary by file system, as well as
maximum attribute size, and whether or not any or specific new attributes
may be defined.
a given name.
As there are a plethora of file systems with differing extended attributes,
availability and functionality of these functions may be limited, and they
should be used with awareness of the underlying semantics of the supporting
file system.
Authorization schemes for extended attribute data may also vary by file
system, as well as maximum attribute size, and whether or not any or
specific new attributes may be defined.
.Pp
Extended attributes are named using a null-terminated character string.
Depending on file system semantics, this name may or may not be
Depending on underlying file system semantics, this name may or may not be
case-sensitive. Appropriate vnode extended attribute calls are:
.Xr VOP_GETEXTATTR 9
and
.Xr VOP_SETEXTATTR 9 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr VFS 9 ,
.Xr VFS_EXTATTRCTL 9 ,
.Xr VOP_GETEXTATTR 9 ,
.Xr VOP_SETEXTATTR 9
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by
.An Robert Watson .
.Sh BUGS
The extended attribute access interface is currently unable to return
the total size of the attribute, or indicate that the buffer space provided
by the caller is insufficient to hold all available data.
In addition, the interface does not provide a mechanism to retrieve
the current set of available attributes; it has been suggested that
providing a NULL attribute name should cause a list of defined attributes
for the passed file or directory, but this is not currently implemented.