Writing metadata xattr on directories with sticky bit set, FR#94

[netatalk.git] / man / man5 / afp.conf.5.in

diff --git a/man/man5/afp.conf.5.in b/man/man5/afp.conf.5.in
index ad38876a617a78a7bea5df792aec54fe646808bc..5356bdf2e9434591015b67173aa131fa83603db1 100644 (file)
--- a/man/man5/afp.conf.5.in
+++ b/man/man5/afp.conf.5.in
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ contains symlink, you must set the canonicalized absolute path\&. In the simple
 \fBbasedir regex = /home\fR
 .RE
 .PP
-chmod request = \fIpreserve (default) | ignore | simple\fR \fB(V)\fR
+chmod request = \fIpreserve (default) | ignore | simple\fR \fB(G/V)\fR
 .RS 4
 Advanced permission control that deals with ACLs\&.
 .sp
@@ -630,6 +630,13 @@ extmap file = \fIpath\fR \fB(G)\fR
 Sets the path to the file which defines file extension type/creator mappings\&. (default is @pkgconfdir@/extmap\&.conf)\&.
 .RE
 .PP
+force xattr with sticky bit = \fIBOOLEAN\fR (default: \fIno\fR) \fB(G/V)\fR
+.RS 4
+Writing metadata xattr on directories with the sticky bit set may fail even though we may have write access to a directory, because if the sticky bit is set only the owner is allowed to write xattrs\&.
+.sp
+By enabling this option Netatalk will write the metadata xattr as root\&.
+.RE
+.PP
 guest account = \fIname\fR \fB(G)\fR
 .RS 4
 Specifies the user that guests should use (default is "nobody")\&. The name should be quoted\&.