[RESOLVED] Period following permissions in long listings

richsimms · Post by **richsimms** » 2011/07/18 19:03:36

I just installed Centos 6 and noticed a subtle change in long listings. There is a period following the permissions. What does this signify?

Thanks

[root@celebrian ~]# touch filetest
[root@celebrian ~]# ls -l filetest
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Jul 18 09:30 filetest
[root@celebrian ~]# lsattr filetest
-------------e- filetest
[root@celebrian ~]# chattr +i filetest
[root@celebrian ~]# lsattr filetest
----i--------e- filetest
[root@celebrian ~]# ls -l filetest
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Jul 18 09:30 filetest
[root@celebrian ~]# ls -lZ filetest
-rw-r--r--. root root unconfined_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 filetest
[root@celebrian ~]# chattr -ei filetest
chattr: Clearing extent flag not supported on filetest
[root@celebrian ~]# chattr -i filetest
[root@celebrian ~]# ls -l filetest
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Jul 18 09:30 filetest
[root@celebrian ~]#

skolnick · Post by **skolnick** » 2011/07/18 20:14:37

Hi!

http://dougbunger.blogspot.com/2011/02/mysterious-linux-permission-dots.html

Regards.

richsimms · Post by **richsimms** » 2011/07/18 23:00:24

Thanks! One less mystery!

pschaff · Post by **pschaff** » 2011/07/19 17:12:45

... and one more [RESOLVED] topic - so marked for posterity on your behalf. ;-)

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