[pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup] fix #3393: tools/xattr: allow xattr 'security.NTACL'

Dominik Csapak d.csapak at proxmox.com
Tue Apr 20 11:19:53 CEST 2021


in some configurations, samba stores NTFS-ACLs in this xattr[0], so
we should backup (if we can)

altough the 'security' namespace is special (e.g. in use by
selinux, etc.) this value is normally only used by samba and we
should be able to back it up.

to restore it, the user needs at least 'CAP_SYS_ADMIN' rights, otherwise
it cannot be set

0: https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/vfs_acl_xattr.8.html

Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak at proxmox.com>
---
tested here by setting it manually with setfattr and restored
successfully as root (as user i got a permission denied warning)

 src/tools/xattr.rs | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/tools/xattr.rs b/src/tools/xattr.rs
index 6b712d14..500af326 100644
--- a/src/tools/xattr.rs
+++ b/src/tools/xattr.rs
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ pub fn is_valid_xattr_name(c_name: &CStr) -> bool {
     if name.starts_with(b"user.") || name.starts_with(b"trusted.") {
         return true;
     }
+    // samba saves windows ACLs there
+    if name == b"security.NTACL" {
+        return true;
+    }
     is_security_capability(c_name)
 }
 
-- 
2.20.1






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