How do I enable extended attributes on ext4?
I want to experiment with Ceph, and it needs extended attributes enabled. How do I mount my filesystem with this support?
To enable extended attributes the user_xattr option in /etc/fstab
Example:
/dev/sda2 /media/mount_point ext4 auto,users,user_xattr 0 2
You would then re-mount the partition.
and the man page :
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man5/attr.5.html
I looked at the kernel configs here and support for xattr is enabled by default , so no need for a custom kernel.
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