Hallo Peter!
PK> Ok, that leads to my next question......;-) If the handling of EA's
PK> CAN be replicated by other SMB environments, are they handled as part
PK> of SMB itself, or does it require a specific "add-on" to the SMB
PK> implementation to be able to do this? IE, can ANY SMB peer handle
PK> EA's as part of File Serving?
The Unix/Linux Samba server definitely cannot handle EAs. They are simply
discarded, and the Samba docs also say so. The Workplace shell also tells you
so (a warning message is issued that EAs will be lost when you try to move or
copy a file via drag&drop to a Samba share).
I think it would not be too hard to hack EA support into the Samba code if one
invests the time to search for the specs, but then again, it was easier for me
to just move the disk on which I needed EAs into my OS/2 Lan Server :-).
Viele Gre,
Tobias
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