J. Craig Woods wrote: > File attributes are not file permissions. File permissions, as most of > us know, are the means by which we can assign read, write, and execute > permissions to a file. Assigning file attributes to a file will allow us > to manipulate the file in other ways. For example, as the SA I might > take a file that belongs to JoeUser, this is a file he can read and > write to, and I might assign the "i" switch to it, "chattr -i somefile". > Now this file cannot be modified or deleted. I could just as well assign > the "u" switch, and now, if the file is accidentally deleted, we can > undelete it. These are just some examples that jump off the top of my > head. There are many uses for file attributes. > > man chattr > man lsattr
Thanks! Had heard of Linux file attributes, but had never dug into them at all. > The web page sounds like a good idea, and you can use whatever little > bit I know about anything. Thanks! I've revised the page (http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/LinuxFilesystems) based on the clarification you provided, and added your name as a contributor. As it is a wiki, you can expect further modification by me or others (even yourself). Good job, Randy, and thanks. Thank you, I hope it turns out to be helpful! Well, I know it will -- it will be helpful to me if no one else. regards, Randy Kramer
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