Hi,
I fear I am too stupid:
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
Thank you for help in advance.
Best regards Helmut
Have you consider doing some reading in stick bits?
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-----Original Message----- From: Helmut Drodofsky drodofsky@internet-xs.de Sender: centos-bounces@centos.org Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:31:17 To: 'CentOS mailing list'centos@centos.org Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] CentOS 6: file and directory permissions
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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
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."
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