Have you consider doing some reading in stick bits?

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From: Helmut Drodofsky <drodofsky@internet-xs.de>
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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:31:17
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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 rootÂ* 457 AugÂ* 4 17:27 config
>I have searched in forums, Red Hat deployment guide, storage administration guide etc Â*…


Google "dot in permissions"...
Results will tell you to read the ls info page, which says:

Â*Â*Â*Â* Following the file mode bits is a single character that specifies
Â*Â*Â*Â* whether an alternate access method such as an access control list
Â*Â*Â*Â* applies to the file.Â* When the character following the file mode
Â*Â*Â*Â* bits is a space, there is no alternate access method.Â* When it is
Â*Â*Â*Â* a printing character, then there is such a method.

Â*Â*Â*Â* GNU `ls' uses a `.' character to indicate a file with an SELinux
Â*Â*Â*Â* security context, but no other alternate access method.

Â*Â*Â*Â* A file with any other combination of alternate access methods is
Â*Â*Â*Â* marked with a `+' character.


JD

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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 rootÂ* 457 AugÂ* 4 17:27 config
>
> I have searched in forums, Red Hat deployment guide, storage administration
> guide etc Â*…

>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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