VFS_LINUX_XFS_SGID(8)

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💅 VFS_LINUX_XFS_SGID — the manual page, but make it make sense

okay bestie, so this is vfs_linux_xfs_sgid, a page from the System Administration tools section of the manual. Section 8, so it's a sysadmin thing, not a "type this in your shell and pray" thing. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

vfs_linux_xfs_sgid — workaround for the little XFS thing where the sgid bit just... doesn't get inherited. rude of it, honestly. 😭

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

vfs objects = linux_xfs_sgid

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one line. iconic. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite — yes, the big one, the whole gang. 🫶

vfs_linux_xfs_sgid is a VFS module whose entire personality is working around an old Linux XFS bug. like, this bug got fixed in 3.11, so we're talking vintage. the bug was this: the SGID bit is not inherited during mkdir when a default ACL is set. no cap, that's the actual bug.

if you want receipts, here they are:

so what does this module do about it? it does the workaround manually, like a queen. after a mkdir, if the parent directory had the SGID bit set, the module manually sets the SGID bit. that's the whole trick. the way that it just does the kernel's job for it 💀

heads up: this module is stackable. so yes, you can pile it on with your other VFS modules. go off. 🌈

💖 EXAMPLES 💖

want to add linux_xfs_sgid functionality for [share]? bet. here's the whole thing:

[share]
vfs objects = linux_xfs_sgid

that's it, bestie. copy, paste, slay. ✨

⭐ VERSION ⭐

this man page is part of version 4.24.7-Ubuntu-4.24.7+dfsg-1ubuntu1 of the Samba suite. yes, that version string is a whole entire mouthful. write it down carefully. 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

the original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. absolute legend, main character energy, we stan. 🙇‍♀️

Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project, similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed. so basically a whole community of people doing this for the love of the game. periodt. 💜

and that's the page, fr fr! 🍓

sign-off time: this was Samba 4.24.7-Ubuntu-4.24.7+dfsg, dated 09/13/2026, living in the VFS_LINUX_XFS_SGID(8) section. thanks for coming to my ted talk, go fix your XFS SGID bits, ily 🧚💖

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