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Old 03-09-2021, 11:41 AM   #1
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File permissions - What does the "." mean at the end of the permissions string?

Given the following ls -l output:

drwx------. 2 user user 29 Mar 9 12:00 mydir

What does the "." represent in the following output:

drwx------.

Finally, how would you go about setting, enabling or disabling this functionality?

Thanks in advance, and have a great day.
 
Old 03-09-2021, 11:48 AM   #2
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. (dot) suffix indicates an SELinux context is present. Details may be listed with the command ls -Z.
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File-s...bolic_notation
 
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Old 03-09-2021, 11:53 AM   #3
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how would you go about setting, enabling or disabling this functionality?
chcon(1), setenforce(8)
 
Old 03-10-2021, 08:26 AM   #4
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Thank you for the SELinux reference. That really helped me to track it down.
 
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Thank you for the SELinux reference. That really helped me to track it down.
in that case please mark the thread solved.
 
  


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