samba - Aug 2009 - Additional file info (Properties->Summary)

Hello all,

I am dealing with a following problem - I can't see additional 
information about few file types stored in samba share.
I mean file fields like "Author" and "Subject" which are
accessible from
Windows - Properties->Summary.
I can put data to these fields when the file is stored on Windows File 
System. But whenever I transfer it to samba share, these values are 
lost. What is more, tab Properties->Summary is no longer accesible (so I 
could put proper values once more). This concerns inter alia the 
following file types:
*.txt
*.msg / *.eml
*.mpg
etc...

What is more, i.e. for *.pdf files, data in fields "Author" and 
"Subject" is not lost, but is not editable when the file is on samba
share.

For *.doc, *.xls (MS Office) it is possible to access and modify 
"Properties->Summary" tab even for files from samba share.

Could You please let me know how can I make samba (or Windows) enable 
users to access and/or modify the additional file fields which work with 
MS Office well?

Thanks in advance for Your help,

Chris

On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 12:58:24PM +0200, kubek1982
wrote:
> Could You please let me know how can I make samba (or Windows) enable  
> users to access and/or modify the additional file fields which work with  
> MS Office well?
What you need are alternate data streams. Look at the
streams_xattr module in Samba 3.3.

Volker
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