resize2fs test debugfs -R ''stat file'' test.img 2>&1 | grep ''^Inode\|in inode body\|user.name ('' Inode: 1550 Type: regular Mode: 0644 Flags: 0x0 user.name (11) = "propervalue" Exit status is 0 resize2fs test.img 5M Resizing the filesystem on test.img to 5120 (1k) blocks. The filesystem on test.img is now 5120 (1k) blocks long. Exit status is 0 debugfs -R ''stat file'' test.img 2>&1 | grep ''^Inode\|in inode body\|user.name ('' Inode: 12 Type: regular Mode: 0644 Flags: 0x0 user.name (11) = "propervalue" Exit status is 0