problems with accessing file type extentions (lrwxrwxrwx)...need to change drwxrwxrwx
 

hi,

i have some binary files along with other scripts / make and config files within a particular format having extention as lrwxrwxrwx .... My intention is to open into this folder / directory and add in some files here.

I am unable to change the format to drwxrwxrwx .....

So, please let me know how to go ahead with the above.

Regards

Those are the file's permissions. The 'l' indicates that it is a symbolic link. A 'd' would be a directory.

Hi Matir, Thanks for the reply. I do understand that it pertains to the file system permissions. If I were supposed to access the folder with type lrwxrwxrwx, how do I need to go about ? Please advice. Thanks

lrwxrwxrwx is not a folder/directory at all. It's a link. You can see what the link points to in a ls -al.

David, Thanks for your timely reply. Well, it looks like this ....

lrwxrwxrwx 1 roger root 13 Aug 24 13:50 linuette -> /etc/linuette

Do you mean, I need to go to /etc directory to see the contents and add in some of my own binary files to it ? I did so. But, I cant see any files in /etc directory. Any clues ? Thanks.

Try "ls -lL"