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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2017-03-17 19:41:16 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2017-03-17 19:41:16 +0100
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tmpfs.5: tmpfs supports extended attributes, but not 'user' extended attributes
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ filesystems, the kernel must be configured with the
.B CONFIG_TMPFS
option.
+The
+.BR tmpfs
+filesystem supports extended attributes (see
+.BR xattr (7)),
+but
+.I user
+extended attributes are not permitted.
+
An internal shared memory filesystem is used for
System V shared memory
.BR (shmget (2))