file permition

banajah · 03-09-2008, 12:21 PM

Hello....
I have a file with the following permition and want to know what is the meaning of ( + ) at that permition.
here is the ls -l
-rw-r--r--+ 1 root root 57041 Mar 9 16:59 yank.jpg

harry edwards · 03-09-2008, 01:52 PM

Extracted from the man page for ls at http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mansec?1+ls

Quote:

The plus sign indicates that there is an ACL associated with the file.

An access control list (ACL) allows you to specify who can see and use your folders. An ACL is a list of users you create along with the access permissions you're allowing for each. This enables you to protect the privacy of your folders, while at the same time allowing accessibility to others.

banajah · 03-09-2008, 10:30 PM

Thank you very much for the information.