[CentOS] C6 : "extra" file access permission ?

On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Always Learning <centos at u62.u22.net> wrote:
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> In C5.10 when I do a "ls -al" (or .l as I am lazy) I see:-
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> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Dec  4  2013 alias
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> In C6.5 (2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64) I see:-
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> 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
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> I have never noticed the "extra dot" before.
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> QUESTION
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> What does the extra dot (.) signify ?
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The extra dot means selinux ACL. If you find a +, it's general ACL;
space means no aditional Access Control List.

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