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File System Extended Attributes in NFSv4
RFC 8276

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Date By Action
2022-07-27
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Verified Errata tag)
2021-03-29
Francesca Palombini Closed request for Last Call review by ARTART with state 'Overtaken by Events'
2021-02-03
Suhas Nandakumar Assignment of request for Last Call review by ARTART to Cullen Jennings was marked no-response
2017-12-05
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Errata tag)
2017-12-04
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8276, changed abstract to 'This document describes an optional feature extending the NFSv4 protocol.  This …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8276, changed abstract to 'This document describes an optional feature extending the NFSv4 protocol.  This feature allows extended attributes (hereinafter also referred to as xattrs) to be interrogated and manipulated using NFSv4 clients.  Xattrs are provided by a file system to associate opaque metadata, not interpreted by the file system, with files and directories.  Such support is present in many modern local file systems.  New file attributes are provided to allow clients to query the server for xattr support, with that support consisting of new operations to get and set xattrs on file system objects.', changed standardization level to Proposed Standard, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2017-12-04, changed IESG state to RFC Published)
2017-12-04
(System) RFC published