Re: Better network support?

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Fri, 2016-01-29 at 04:14 -0500, Ondrej Holy wrote:
> as far as I know extended file attributes are not supported by any of
> backends. NFS protocol doesn't support them all. SMB and SFTP
> protocol should support them, however libsmbclient doesn't provide
> API to read unix file modes at all. 
> SFTP backend should support unix modes already and it seems it is
> possible to implement extended attributes support also, though I am
> not sure it is a best idea. So I would recommend to use SFTP backend
> and please file a bug against GVfs product if something doesn't work
> (patches are welcome):
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gvfs

I would imagine SFTP would have access to attributes somehow.  

SFTP does support UNIX mode.

Note - this is sort of related to <
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=559586> - it is a good read
around this topic.

FYI, the extended attributes stuff is in glib/gio, not gvfs proper.

> I would recommend rsync for backups anyway... but I am not really
> sure whether rsync backend is possible to be implemented and whether
> it would fulfill your needs.

Rsync itself typically runs over another protocol;  SFTP seems the most
general purpose to me.

>  I don't know the protocol, but I doubt about it. GVfs lacks manpower
> anyway, so you are welcome if you wish to propose patches for it...

Yeah, do not expect much activity on bugs reports on GVFS. :(

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