<varlistentry>
<term><varname>t</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Set extended attributes. Lines of this type
- accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names.
- This can be useful for setting SMACK labels. Does not follow
- symlinks.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Set extended attributes, see <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>attr</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details. The argument field should take one or more
+ assignment expressions in the form
+ <replaceable>namespace</replaceable>.<replaceable>attribute</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable>,
+ for examples see below. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal path
+ names. This can be useful for setting SMACK labels. Does not follow symlinks.</para>
+
+ <para>Please note that extended attributes settable with this line type are a different concept
+ from the Linux file attributes settable with <varname>h</varname>/<varname>H</varname>, see
+ below.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>T</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Recursively set extended attributes. Lines
- of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal
- path names. This can be useful for setting SMACK
- labels. Does not follow symlinks. </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Same as <varname>t</varname>, but operates recursively.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>h</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Set file/directory attributes. Lines of this type
- accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names.</para>
+ <listitem><para>Set Linux file/directory attributes. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in
+ place of normal path names.</para>
- <para>The format of the argument field is <varname>[+-=][aAcCdDeijPsStTu] </varname>. The prefix
+ <para>The format of the argument field is <varname>[+-=][aAcCdDeijPsStTu]</varname>. The prefix
<varname>+</varname> (the default one) causes the attribute(s) to be added; <varname>-</varname>
causes the attribute(s) to be removed; <varname>=</varname> causes the attributes to be set exactly
as the following letters. The letters <literal>aAcCdDeijPsStTu</literal> select the new attributes
for the files, see <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>chattr</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for further information.
</para>
- <para>Passing only <varname>=</varname> as argument resets
- all the file attributes listed above. It has to be pointed
- out that the <varname>=</varname> prefix limits itself to
- the attributes corresponding to the letters listed here. All
- other attributes will be left untouched. Does not follow
- symlinks.</para>
- </listitem>
+
+ <para>Passing only <varname>=</varname> as argument resets all the file attributes listed above. It
+ has to be pointed out that the <varname>=</varname> prefix limits itself to the attributes
+ corresponding to the letters listed here. All other attributes will be left untouched. Does not
+ follow symlinks.</para>
+
+ <para>Please note that the Linux file attributes settable with this line type are a different
+ concept from the extended attributes settable with <varname>t</varname>/<varname>T</varname>,
+ see above.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>H</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Recursively set file/directory attributes. Lines
- of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal
- path names. Does not follow symlinks.
- </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Sames as <varname>h</varname>, but operates recursively.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>a</varname></term>
<term><varname>a+</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Set POSIX ACLs (access control lists). If
- suffixed with <varname>+</varname>, the specified entries will
- be added to the existing set.
- <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> will automatically add
- the required base entries for user and group based on the
- access mode of the file, unless base entries already exist
- or are explicitly specified. The mask will be added if not
- specified explicitly or already present. Lines of this type
- accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names. This
- can be useful for allowing additional access to certain
- files. Does not follow symlinks.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Set POSIX ACLs (access control lists), see <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>acl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If suffixed with <varname>+</varname>, the specified
+ entries will be added to the existing set. <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> will automatically
+ add the required base entries for user and group based on the access mode of the file, unless base
+ entries already exist or are explicitly specified. The mask will be added if not specified
+ explicitly or already present. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal path
+ names. This can be useful for allowing additional access to certain files. Does not follow
+ symlinks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>