A question about extended attributes of filesystem objects (setfattr command)

From: Jacky Malcles (Jacky.Malcles_at_bull.net)
Date: 06/30/04

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    I have a question regarding
     Attributes of symlinks vs. the files pointed to

    If I try to attach name:value pair to object symlink file
    then I'll get: "Operation not permitted"

    reading the man pages of setfattr (or attr) I thought that it operates
    on the attributes of the symbolic link itself.

    show:
    -----
    touch f
    ln -s f l
    setfattr -n user.filename -v ascii1 f l
    setfattr -h -n user.filename -v ascii2 f
    getfattr -d f l
    setfattr -h -n user.filename -v ascii3 l
    setfattr -h --no-dereference -n user.filename -v ascii4 l
    getfattr -d f l

    so, my question is : what is expected ?
    I've
    libattr-devel-2.2.0-1
    libattr-2.2.0-1
    attr-2.2.0-1
    and a 2.6.7 kernel

    many thanks,
    regards, 

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