Using Advanced Filesystem Attributes

Posted by mweber on Jan 21, 2008 12:24 PM EDT
BeginLinux.com; By Donnie Tevault
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As a Linux administrator, you may be called upon to set up a control system for file access. You probably already know how to set read, write, and execute permissions on files, and you will need to make extensive use of that knowledge. But, sometimes, you'll need more than just these permissions settings to get the job done.

That's where filesystem attributes will come in handy. You can set different attributes on files in order to gain more control over how they are accessed.

There are two slight catches, though. You can only set file attributes on machines with hard drives that are formatted with either the ext2 or ext3 filesystems. That's not a problem for machines that are running a Red Hat-type operating system, since ext3 is your only choice with them. But, if you're setting up a machine with, say, Ubuntu Server, you'll have other filesystems to choose from. Just be sure to choose ext3 if you want to set file attributes.

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