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2.\" Title: vfs_streams_xattr
3.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
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5.\" Date: 12/14/2012
6.\" Manual: System Administration tools
7.\" Source: Samba 3.5
8.\" Language: English
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21.SH "NAME"
22vfs_streams_xattr \- Store alternate data streams in posix xattrs
23.SH "SYNOPSIS"
24.HP \w'\ 'u
25vfs objects = streams_xattr
26.SH "DESCRIPTION"
27.PP
28This VFS module is part of the
29\fBsamba\fR(7)
30suite\&.
31.PP
32The
33vfs_streams_xattr
34enables storing of NTFS alternate data streams in the file system\&. As a normal posix file system does not support the concept of multiple data streams per file, the streams_xattr module stores the data in posix extended attributes (xattrs)\&. The name of these attributes is user\&.DosStream\&."ADS\-NAME"\&.
35.PP
36The file system that is shared with this module enabled must support xattrs\&.
37.PP
38Please note that most file systems have severe limitations on the size of xattrs\&. So this module might work for applications like IE that stores small zone information in streams but will fail for applications that store serious amounts of data in ADSs\&.
39.SH "EXAMPLES"
40.sp
41.if n \{\
42.RS 4
43.\}
44.nf
45 \fI[share]\fR
46 \m[blue]\fBvfs objects = streams_xattr\fR\m[]
47.fi
48.if n \{\
49.RE
50.\}
51.SH "AUTHOR"
52.PP
53The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell\&. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed\&.
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