Hi VServer Experts,

   I have a question about iunlink attributes.

   Problem description:
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The issue I'm facing right now is that setting attributes using "setattr --iunlink <link>" does not survive a unmount/mount operation.

I'd like to know if the attributes IU are stored in the file system or in the memory somehow.

   Setup:
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I use vserver version 2.0.1 with vserver-util 0.30.210 - I'm limited to this patch by my project's kernel version :(
   I use reiserfs.

   More background info:
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I use the pre-COW links vserver image and vserver-utils. I'm using setattr to actually restrict some files from the vserver instances to prevent application in the vserver to modify those files (link targets). What I'm currently seeing is that when I use "setattr -iunlink <link> on a link (inside the vserver), I can see it take effect with showattr (so good so far), but those attribute go away when I unmount the partition and remount it. (I tried without rebooting and I'm sure this is the cause of the attribute lost)

I assumed that the setattr flags for iunlink (UI) where set in the file system and were non-volatile (survive a unmount/mount operation).

   Is this the expected behavior?
   Is there a workaround or documentation that could help me out with this?

Thanx for your time.


/Éric
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