On Monday 06 August 2001 21:13, J. C. Woods wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Just so as to obviate any confusion about this issue. The "chmod"
> command is used to change file permissions or make a file executeable,
> or !executeable. This is usually done by entering the "chmod" command
> and an octal number as a switch giving us the desired file permissions
> based on our umask.
>
> File attributes are a bit different: we use a "chattr" command with the
> desired switch to add a extra level of security to files or directories.
> Try a man on "chattr", and I think this will be a bit clearer to you. We
> can also do a "lsattr" command to least file attributes. As a matter of
> fact, you could go to a file, any file, created on your ReiserFS, and
> run the command "lsattr" on that file, and let me know what you see.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> drjung
So what you are saying is you know the answer to your question, but are just
busting evertbody elses balls.
