[CentOS] CentOS 6: file and directory permissions

[John Doe]

From: Helmut Drodofsky <drodofsky at internet-xs.de>

>I find nowhere the explanation of the dot in file permissions like:
>-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  457 Aug  4 17:27 config
>I have searched in forums, Red Hat deployment guide, storage administration guide etc  …


Google "dot in permissions"...
Results will tell you to read the ls info page, which says:

     Following the file mode bits is a single character that specifies
     whether an alternate access method such as an access control list
     applies to the file.  When the character following the file mode
     bits is a space, there is no alternate access method.  When it is
     a printing character, then there is such a method.

     GNU `ls' uses a `.' character to indicate a file with an SELinux
     security context, but no other alternate access method.

     A file with any other combination of alternate access methods is
     marked with a `+' character.


JD