On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Always Learning <centos at 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. -- Marcelo "¿No será acaso que esta vida moderna está teniendo más de moderna que de vida?" (Mafalda)