Just tried to test ea support by running setfattr on a test file and received an error message to the effect that this function is not supported. Is that corrects and if so how do I turn on ea support?
Budgie2
Add acl to the mount options. This is the installation default, so you probably turned it off when you were installing.
Hello Budgie2,
I am very curious as to what you are doing and why … I’m a noisy penguin … 
I am very interested in making better use of file system metadata … from xattr and gvfs. On the gnome side of things, it appears that we might be getting some real stability finally. xattr is a bit of a mystery to me … I really don’t see much use for it beyond storing SELinux contexts. I know (program replaced by Tracker) tried to use it …, but it the app was junk, tried to use it a few times over the years.
Anyway, I’m always interested in learning what things folks are trying … looking for new ideas …
Have fun!
oxala
Ah, that reminds me, you will also need to add the user_xattrs options to store the ACLs in.