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+Enable xattr for dumb filesystems
+#################################
+
+:date: 2012-05-04 15:17
+:tags: xattr,filesystems,davfs
+
+I was looking for a way to enable extended attributes for encfs(userland
+crypto Wrapper) on davfs(userland Webdav fs wrapper) to use them with
+glusterfs to create a high-availability distributed secure cloud storage
+on the cheap. 
+
+After many hours looking for a way to enable xattrs on encfs or ecryptfs
+and davfs or wdfs i found pyfilesystems to write and mount an xattr
+wrapper for the retard fs.
+
+
+install pyfilesystem and encfs davfs
+====================================
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    pip install fs
+    apt-get install davfs2 encfs
+
+mount davfs and encfs
+=====================
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    #?/bin/sh
+    echo "https://path/to/webdav   username    password" >> /etc/davfs2/secrets
+    mkdir /mnt/{1,2,3}
+    mkdir /mnt/1/.encfs
+    mount.davfs https://path/to/webdav /mnt/1
+    encfs /mnt/1/.encfs /mnt/2
+
+
+mount wrapper fs
+================
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    #?/usr/bin/python
+    from  fs.osfs import OSFS
+    from fs.xattrs import SimulateXAttr
+    stupid_fs = OSFS("/mnt/2")
+    xattr_fs = SimulateXAttr(stupid_fs)
+    fuse.mount(xattr_fs,"/mnt/3")
+
+
+Now /mnt/3 can be used as a brick in glusterfs. Or just use tahoe-lafs ;P