OS : RHEL 7.9
I am currently logged in as gridapp user.
Please have a look at ls -ld output of .ssh directory below.
What is the dot (.) sign at the end in drwxr-xr-x. represent ?
I see the . sign in ls -l output of id_rsa and known_hosts files too.
gridapp@brcsprd178:~ $ pwd
/home/gridapp
gridapp@brcsprd178:~ $ ls -ld .ssh
drwxr-xr-x. 2 gridapp oinstall 39 Aug 27 2021 .ssh
gridapp@brcsprd178:~ $
gridapp@brcsprd178:~ $ ls -l .ssh
total 8
-r--------. 1 gridapp oinstall 1702 Aug 27 2021 id_rsa
-rw-r--r--. 1 gridapp oinstall 181 Aug 27 2021 known_hosts
gridapp@brcsprd178:~ $
According to the following page, the . after the other permissions means that the file has SELinux security context.
What does the dot at the end of the permissions in the output of "ls -lah" mean?
From info coreutils 'ls invocation' | grep -1 '[.+]. character' under Linux
GNU ls uses a . character to indicate a file with an SELinux security context, but no other alternate access method.
A file with any other combination of alternate access methods is marked with a + character.
You may also see a + which indicates that POSIX ACLs are in use.
1 Like
'ls -lZ' will show the extended SELinux permissions.
'chcon' is the command to change these permissions.
See 'man chcon'.
2 Likes