What is the plus sign at the end of the permissions telling me?
ls -l
total 4
drwxrwxrwx+ 2 benson avahi-autoipd 4096 Jan 27 17:37 docs
Here's the context:
cat /etc/issue
\CentOS release 5.3 (Final)
Kernel \r on an \m
file-permissionslinux
What is the plus sign at the end of the permissions telling me?
ls -l
total 4
drwxrwxrwx+ 2 benson avahi-autoipd 4096 Jan 27 17:37 docs
Here's the context:
cat /etc/issue
\CentOS release 5.3 (Final)
Kernel \r on an \m
Best Answer
It means your file has extended permissions called ACLs.
You have to run
getfacl <file>
to see the full permissions.See Access Control Lists for more details.