Still haven't tried it, but looks promising: Package: attr Description: Utilities for manipulating filesystem extended attributes A set of tools for manipulating extended attributes on filesystem objects, in particular getfattr(1) and setfattr(1). An attr(1) command is also provided which is largely compatible with the SGI IRIX tool of the same name. Package: libattr1 Description: Extended attribute shared library Contains the runtime environment required by programs that make use of extended attributes.