15.4 Error on Copying or Deleting Files When Extended Attributes Are Not Enabled

When copying or deleting files that have Extended Attributes (EA), Novell Client displays the error, “Not enough free disk space” or “Path cannot be found.” To resolve this issue, you must enable EA on the file system:

  1. Run the following command to verify if EA is enabled on the file system:

    tune2fs -l Device |grep Default mount options

    If the value of Default mount options is none, enable EA on the file system.

  2. To enable EA on the file system, run the following commands:

    tune2fs -o user_xattr Device

    mount -o remount Device

    On enabling EA, the value of Default mount options is user_xattr.

    The value of Device is the device or path where the file system is mounted. It can be found at /etc/fstab.