> I didn't know about extended attributes before this, but also I grew up with Windows and now Linux and just haven't run into them. Extended attributes have

> I didn't know about extended attributes before this, but also I grew up with Windows and now Linux and just haven't run into them. Extended attributes have existed in Linux for many years and are used extensively in security controls. The two most common examples are likely access control lists (ACLs) and SELinux contexts. For the latter, many commands (mv, cp, ls, ps, etc.) have a -Z option to preserve or view the SELinux context associated with a file/process.