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vfs_acl_xattr^[1] is an experimental VFS-module^[2] of Samba.

It stores NTFS Access-Control List (ACLs) in Extended Attributes (EAs), in addition^[3] to storing them in Unix ACLs. This improves compatibility with Windows ACLs, because it allows to store all flags that can be used in Windows ACLs.^[4]

References

^ "manpage of vfs_acl_xattr".
^ "Samba Howto Chapter 23. Stackable VFS modules".
^ "lists.samba.org/msg102939.html".
^ kexugit (2019-10-11). "Manage Access to Windows Objects with ACLs and the .NET Framework". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2024-01-12.

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