alternate data streams in the file system. As a normal posix file
system does not support the concept of multiple data streams per file,
the streams_xattr module stores the data in posix extended attributes
- (xattrs). The name of these attributes is
- user.DosStream."ADS-NAME".</para>
+ (xattrs). The name of these attributes by default is
+ user.DosStream."ADS-NAME". The prefix "user.DosStream." can be changed
+ with the module option <command>streams_xattr:prefix</command>, but be
+ aware that this will also expose those ADS over the SMB extended
+ attributes interface.</para>
<para>The file system that is shared with this module enabled must
support xattrs.</para>
applications that store serious amounts of data in ADSs.</para>
</refsect1>
+<refsect1>
+ <title>OPTIONS</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>streams_xattr:prefix = STRING</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Name prefix used when storing an ADS in an xattr, defaults to
+ <command>user.DosStream.</command>. Changing this will also
+ expose ADS over the SMB extended attributes interface.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>streams_xattr:store_stream_type = [yes|no]</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Whether the xattr names for Alternate Data Streams of type
+ "$DATA" are suffixed by the stream type string ":$DATA".
+ The default is <command>yes</command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+</refsect1>
+
<refsect1>
<title>EXAMPLES</title>