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utility that is cautious but sometimes you want to be less cautious. Go figure. Submitted by: sheldonh
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.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Robert N. M. Watson
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd March 30, 2000
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.Dt EXTATTRCTL 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm extattrctl
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.Nd manage FFS extended attributes
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm extattrctl
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.Cm start
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.Ar path
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.Nm extattrctl
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.Cm stop
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.Ar path
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.Nm extattrctl
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.Cm initattr
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.Op Fl f
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.Op Fl p Ar path
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.Ar attrsize
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.Ar attrfile
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.Nm extattrctl
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.Cm enable
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.Ar path
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.Ar attrname
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.Ar attrfile
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.Nm extattrctl
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.Cm disable
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.Ar path
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.Ar attrname
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is the management utility for extended attributes over the FFS file system.
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.Nm
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allows the starting and stopping of extended attributes on a file system,
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as well as initialization of attribute backing files, and enabling and
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disabling of specific extended attributes on a file system.
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.Pp
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The first argument on the command line indicates the operation to be
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performed.
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Operation must be one of the following:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Cm start Ar path
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Start extended attribute support on the file system named using
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.Ar path .
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The file system must be an FFS file system, and the FFS_EXTATTR kernel
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option must have been enabled.
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.It Cm stop Ar path
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Stop extended attribute support on the file system named using
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.Ar path .
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Extended attribute support must previously have been started.
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.It Xo
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.Cm initattr
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.Op Fl f
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.Op Fl p Ar path
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.Ar attrsize attrfile
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.Xc
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Create and initialize a file to use as an attribute backing file.
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You must specify a maximum per-inode size for the attribute in bytes in
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.Ar attrsize ,
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as well as the file where the attribute will be stored, using
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.Ar attrfile .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl f
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argument may be used to indicate that it is alright to overwrite an
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existing attribute backing file; otherwise, if the target file exists,
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an error will be returned.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl p Ar path
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argument may be used to preallocate space for all attributes rather than
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relying on sparse files to conserve space.
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This has the advantage of guaranteeing that space will be available
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for attributes when they are written, preventing low disk space conditions
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from denying attribute service.
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.Pp
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This file should not exist before running
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.Cm initattr.
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.It Cm enable Ar path Ar attrname Ar attrfile
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Enable an attribute named
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.Ar attrname
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on the file system identified using
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.Ar path ,
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and backed by initialized attribute file
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.Ar attrfile .
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The backing file must have been initialized using
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.Cm initattr
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before its first use.
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Attributes must have been started on the file system prior to the
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enabling of any attributes.
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.It Cm disable Ar path Ar attrname
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Disable the attributed named
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.Ar attrname
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on the file system identified by
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.Ar path .
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The file system must have attributes started on it, and the attribute
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most have been enabled using
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.Cm enable .
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Pp
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.Dl extattrctl start /
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.Pp
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Start extended attributes on the root file system.
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.Pp
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.Dl extattrctl initattr 17 /.attribute/md5
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.Pp
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Create an attribute backing file in /.attribute/md5, and set the maximum
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size of each attribute to 17 bytes, with a sparse file used for storing
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the attributes.
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.Pp
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.Dl extattrctl enable / md5 /.attribute/md5
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.Pp
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Enable an attribute named md5 on the root file system, backed from the file
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/.attribute/md5.
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.Pp
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.Dl extattrctl disable / md5
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.Pp
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Disable the attribute named md5 on the root file system.
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.Pp
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.Dl extattrctl stop /
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.Pp
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Stop extended attributes on the root file system.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getextattr 8 ,
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.Xr setextattr 8 ,
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.Xr extattr 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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Extended attribute support was developed as part of the TrustedBSD Project,
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and introduced in
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.Fx 5.0 .
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It was developed to support security extensions requiring additional labels
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to be associated with each file or directory.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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Robert N M Watson
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