Linux Extended Attributes and ACLs

This site hosts extended attribute and access control list kernel patches for the 2.4 kernel series (ext2, ext3, nfs) and for the 2.6 kernel series (nfs). The 2.6 kernel already includes support for ext2, ext3, jfs and xfs. A few patches for user tools are found here, too.

The libraries and user tools for working with EAs and ACLs that used to be available here are available from the XFS web site now. The download page refers to some vendor specific versions of these packages.

Additional file system EA and ACL patches are available elsewhere:

Patch Base Version Patch Version Last update
kernel 2.6.1
2.4.29
0.8.67
0.8.73
15 January 2003
28 February 2005
coreutils 5.1.2
5.2.1
n/a 30 January 2004
6 October 2004
nfs-utils 1.0.6 n/a 8 July 2003

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This page was written by Andreas Grünbacher, a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at.