On 13 September 2011 21:31, Helmut Drodofsky drodofsky@internet-xs.de wrote:
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 …
From info coreutils --> ls --> "what information is listed":
"GNU `ls' uses a `.' character to indicate a file with an SELinux security context, but no other alternate access method."