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Inode and its corresponding filename

Posted 07-21-2009 at 09:58 AM by Mr. ameya sathe (Tantra Yantra Swatantrya)

Tags dumpe2fs, filename, find, inode

We refer to a file by its name. Computer refer to the file by its inode numbers. For every filesystem; there is an inode table. This table consists of Inode numbers & its correspondingmetadata. On the contrary; the mapping of filenames to inode numbers is stored in the directory containing the file.
To display the inode number of a file; say hindu one must issue the command

Code:

ls -i hindu

To display the total number of inode numbers in the filesystem ; you must issue the command...

Mr. ameya sathe

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Posted in GNU/Linux, Filesystem Intricacies

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Eiciel-GNOME File ACL editor

Posted 05-11-2009 at 08:19 AM by Mr. ameya sathe (Tantra Yantra Swatantrya)
Updated 05-11-2009 at 08:40 AM by Mr. ameya sathe

Tags acl, graphical, gui

ACL( Access Control List) is a great way of managing access rights to files and directories. You can add,manage and delete the entries in the ACL through commands and also with help of GUI utility. Yes; there is indeed a GUI utility.
It is named as eiciel. Pronounciation is simple. Just speak aloud these alphabets. A C L

Yes; thats the pronounciation.
This utility is usable on the GNOME desktop environment. The management of the ACL is integrated inside...

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