- <listitem><para>Set extended attributes on item. It may be
- used in conjunction with other types (only
- <varname>d</varname>, <varname>D</varname>,
- <varname>f</varname>, <varname>F</varname>,
- <varname>L</varname>, <varname>p</varname>,
- <varname>c</varname>, <varname>b</varname>, makes sense).
- If used as a standalone line, then
- <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> will try to set extended
- attributes on specified path. This can be especially used
- to set SMACK labels. </para></listitem>
+ <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.
+ </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.
+ </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>
+
+ <para>The format of the argument field is <varname>[+-=][aAcCdDeijsStTu]
+ </varname></para>
+
+ <para>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 set exactly as the following letters.</para>
+ <para>The letters <literal>aAcCdDeijsStTu</literal> select the new
+ attributes for the files, see
+ <citerefentry><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.
+ </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.
+ </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>, 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 explictly 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.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>A</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>A+</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Same as <varname>a</varname> and
+ <varname>a+</varname>, but recursive.</para></listitem>