In C5.10 when I do a "ls -al" (or .l as I am lazy) I see:-
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 4 2013 alias
In C6.5 (2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64) I see:-
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 9 04:26 conf drwxrwxrwt. 4 root root 4096 Sep 21 03:39 tmp drwxr-xr-x. 9 root root 4096 Sep 9 04:26 spool lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 10 Sep 8 21:45 mail -> spool/mail
I have never noticed the "extra dot" before.
QUESTION
What does the extra dot (.) signify ?
Thank you,
Paul
(Supporting Yes for Scotland)
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Always Learning centos@u62.u22.net wrote:
In C5.10 when I do a "ls -al" (or .l as I am lazy) I see:-
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 4 2013 alias
In C6.5 (2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64) I see:-
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 9 04:26 conf drwxrwxrwt. 4 root root 4096 Sep 21 03:39 tmp drwxr-xr-x. 9 root root 4096 Sep 9 04:26 spool lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 10 Sep 8 21:45 mail -> spool/mail
I have never noticed the "extra dot" before.
QUESTION
What does the extra dot (.) signify ?
The extra dot means selinux ACL. If you find a +, it's general ACL; space means no aditional Access Control List.
On Sun, 2014-09-21 at 20:58 -0300, Marcelo Roccasalva wrote:
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Always Learning centos@u62.u22.net wrote:
In C6.5 (2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64) I see:-
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 9 04:26 conf
The extra dot means selinux ACL. If you find a +, it's general ACL; space means no aditional Access Control List.
Hi Marcelo,
Thank you for your explanation.
It is strange - all my C6 servers, except the latest, do not have the extra dot.
On the server that has the extra dot, SELINUX is disabled (sestatus & getenforce). Newly created file do not have the dot, but the files created by the install do.
Best wishes,
Paul. England, EU.
Learning until I die or experience dementia. Meanwhile ...... Centos, Exim, Apache, Libre Office are the future. Micro$oft is the past.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Always Learning centos@u62.u22.net wrote:
On Sun, 2014-09-21 at 20:58 -0300, Marcelo Roccasalva wrote:
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Always Learning centos@u62.u22.net wrote:
In C6.5 (2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64) I see:-
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 9 04:26 conf
The extra dot means selinux ACL. If you find a +, it's general ACL; space means no aditional Access Control List.
Hi Marcelo,
Hi Paul,
Thank you for your explanation.
It is strange - all my C6 servers, except the latest, do not have the extra dot.
The extra dot is an ls "feature". Compare their versions...
On the server that has the extra dot, SELINUX is disabled (sestatus & getenforce). Newly created file do not have the dot, but the files created by the install do.
The dot just means the file is labeled, not that the label will be enforced. If you disable selinux, you can go without a label and newly created files won't inherit labels...
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Always Learning -
Marcelo Roccasalva