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Linux 5.4 + ext4 casefold adventures! |
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December 20th, 2019 |
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Been a while since I wrote anything up here, I was hesitant to write much |
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while my wife was going through the immigration process, we have a few |
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cyberstalkers. :o |
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Anyway, I just rebooted this server in order to transition from kernel |
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4.19 to 5.4, I'm interested in the new case-insensitive file/directory |
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name option on ext4... It's a bit of a pain in the ass (read: impossible) |
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to get going on existing systems... First off the casefold option must be |
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enabled in the filesystem features, but it can't be set with tune2fs, it |
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can only be set with `mkfs.ext4 -O caseflag'; or in other words only at |
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filesystem creation... I'm far too lazy to do that today :) |
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Furthermore after you have a working ext4 filesystem with the caseflag |
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option, you need to set the F attribute (i.e. chattr +F) on any EMPTY |
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directories that you want to be case insensitive. |
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I'll get off of my butt eventually and get it working. Stay tuned. :) |
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