From: Helmut Drodofsky drodofsky@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