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2.\" Title: vfs_streams_xattr
3.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
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5.\" Date: 09/18/2013
6.\" Manual: System Administration tools
7.\" Source: Samba 3.6
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30.SH "NAME"
31vfs_streams_xattr \- Store alternate data streams in posix xattrs
32.SH "SYNOPSIS"
33.HP \w'\ 'u
34vfs objects = streams_xattr
35.SH "DESCRIPTION"
36.PP
37This VFS module is part of the
38\fBsamba\fR(7)
39suite\&.
40.PP
41The
42vfs_streams_xattr
43enables 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"\&.
44.PP
45The file system that is shared with this module enabled must support xattrs\&.
46.PP
47Please 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\&.
48.SH "EXAMPLES"
49.sp
50.if n \{\
51.RS 4
52.\}
53.nf
54 \fI[share]\fR
55 \m[blue]\fBvfs objects = streams_xattr\fR\m[]
56.fi
57.if n \{\
58.RE
59.\}
60.SH "AUTHOR"
61.PP
62The 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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