[CentOS] CentOS 6: file and directory permissions

On 13 September 2011 21:31, Helmut Drodofsky <drodofsky at internet-xs.de> wrote:
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> 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."