How to check permissions of a specific directory

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I know that using ls -l  directory directory filename  tells me the permissions of a file  How do I do the same on a directory   I could obviously use ls -l on the directory higher in the hierarchy and then just scroll till I find it but it s such a pain  If I use ls -l on the actual directory  it gives the permissions information of the files inside of it  and not of the actual directory   I tried this in the terminal of both Mac OS X 10 5 and Linux  Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon   and it s the same result  Is there some sort of flag I should be using

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Here is the short answer     ls -ld directory   Here s what it does   -d  --directory     list directory entries instead of contents  and do not dereference symbolic links   You might be interested in manpages  That s where all people in here get their nice answers from   refer to online man pages

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In addition to the above posts  i d like to point out that  man ls  will give you a nice manual about the  ls    List   command   Also  using ls -la myFile   will list  amp  show all the facts about that file

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Here is the short answer     ls -ld directory   Here s what it does   -d  --directory     list directory entries instead of contents  and do not dereference symbolic links   You might be interested in manpages  That s where all people in here get their nice answers from   refer to online man pages

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ls -ld directory  ls is the list command  - indicates the beginning of the command options  l asks for a long list which includes the permissions  d indicates that the list should concern the named directory itself  not its contents  If no directory name is given  the list output will pertain to the current directory

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In GNU Linux  try to use ls  namei  getfacl  stat   For Dir   flying lempstacker     ls -ldh  tmp drwxrwxrwt  23 root root 4 0K Nov  8 15 41  tmp  flying lempstacker     namei -l  tmp f   tmp dr-xr-xr-x root root   drwxrwxrwt root root tmp  flying lempstacker     getfacl  tmp getfacl  Removing leading     from absolute path names   file  tmp   owner  root   group  root   flags  --t user  rwx group  rwx other  rwx   flying lempstacker        or   flying lempstacker     stat -c   a   tmp 1777  flying lempstacker     stat -c   n  a   tmp  tmp 1777  flying lempstacker     stat -c   A   tmp drwxrwxrwt  flying lempstacker     stat -c   n  A   tmp  tmp drwxrwxrwt  flying lempstacker         For file   flying lempstacker     ls -lh  tmp anaconda log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov  8 08 31  tmp anaconda log  flying lempstacker     namei -l  tmp anaconda log f   tmp anaconda log dr-xr-xr-x root root   drwxrwxrwt root root tmp -rw-r--r-- root root anaconda log  flying lempstacker     getfacl  tmp anaconda log getfacl  Removing leading     from absolute path names   file  tmp anaconda log   owner  root   group  root user  rw- group  r-- other  r--   flying lempstacker       or   flying lempstacker     stat -c   a   tmp anaconda log 644  flying lempstacker     stat -c   n  a   tmp anaconda log  tmp anaconda log 644  flying lempstacker     stat -c   A   tmp anaconda log -rw-r--r--  flying lempstacker     stat -c   n  A   tmp anaconda log  tmp anaconda log -rw-r--r--  flying lempstacker

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You can also use the stat command if you want detailed information on a file directory   I precise this as you say you are learning

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On OS X you can use   ls -lead   The e option shows ACLs   And ACLs are very important to knowing what the exact permissions on your system are

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In GNU Linux  try to use ls  namei  getfacl  stat   For Dir   flying lempstacker     ls -ldh  tmp drwxrwxrwt  23 root root 4 0K Nov  8 15 41  tmp  flying lempstacker     namei -l  tmp f   tmp dr-xr-xr-x root root   drwxrwxrwt root root tmp  flying lempstacker     getfacl  tmp getfacl  Removing leading     from absolute path names   file  tmp   owner  root   group  root   flags  --t user  rwx group  rwx other  rwx   flying lempstacker        or   flying lempstacker     stat -c   a   tmp 1777  flying lempstacker     stat -c   n  a   tmp  tmp 1777  flying lempstacker     stat -c   A   tmp drwxrwxrwt  flying lempstacker     stat -c   n  A   tmp  tmp drwxrwxrwt  flying lempstacker         For file   flying lempstacker     ls -lh  tmp anaconda log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov  8 08 31  tmp anaconda log  flying lempstacker     namei -l  tmp anaconda log f   tmp anaconda log dr-xr-xr-x root root   drwxrwxrwt root root tmp -rw-r--r-- root root anaconda log  flying lempstacker     getfacl  tmp anaconda log getfacl  Removing leading     from absolute path names   file  tmp anaconda log   owner  root   group  root user  rw- group  r-- other  r--   flying lempstacker       or   flying lempstacker     stat -c   a   tmp anaconda log 644  flying lempstacker     stat -c   n  a   tmp anaconda log  tmp anaconda log 644  flying lempstacker     stat -c   A   tmp anaconda log -rw-r--r--  flying lempstacker     stat -c   n  A   tmp anaconda log  tmp anaconda log -rw-r--r--  flying lempstacker

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In addition to the above posts  i d like to point out that  man ls  will give you a nice manual about the  ls    List   command   Also  using ls -la myFile   will list  amp  show all the facts about that file

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To check the permission configuration of a file  use the command  ls    l  file name   To check the permission configuration of a directory  use the command  ls    l  Directory-name

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In addition to the above posts  i d like to point out that  man ls  will give you a nice manual about the  ls    List   command   Also  using ls -la myFile   will list  amp  show all the facts about that file

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Here is the short answer     ls -ld directory   Here s what it does   -d  --directory     list directory entries instead of contents  and do not dereference symbolic links   You might be interested in manpages  That s where all people in here get their nice answers from   refer to online man pages

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You can also use the stat command if you want detailed information on a file directory   I precise this as you say you are learning

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There is also  getfacl  directory directory    which includes ACL  A good introduction on Linux ACL here

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This displays files  with its permisions  stat -c   a -  n  directory

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You can also use the stat command if you want detailed information on a file directory   I precise this as you say you are learning

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In addition to the above posts  i d like to point out that  man ls  will give you a nice manual about the  ls    List   command   Also  using ls -la myFile   will list  amp  show all the facts about that file

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To check the permission configuration of a file  use the command  ls    l  file name   To check the permission configuration of a directory  use the command  ls    l  Directory-name

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There is also  getfacl  directory directory    which includes ACL  A good introduction on Linux ACL here

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This displays files  with its permisions  stat -c   a -  n  directory

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ls -lstr  This shows the normal ls view with permissions and user group as well

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ls -ld directory  ls is the list command  - indicates the beginning of the command options  l asks for a long list which includes the permissions  d indicates that the list should concern the named directory itself  not its contents  If no directory name is given  the list output will pertain to the current directory

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ls -lstr  This shows the normal ls view with permissions and user group as well

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Here is the short answer     ls -ld directory   Here s what it does   -d  --directory     list directory entries instead of contents  and do not dereference symbolic links   You might be interested in manpages  That s where all people in here get their nice answers from   refer to online man pages

User · Answer

On OS X you can use   ls -lead   The e option shows ACLs   And ACLs are very important to knowing what the exact permissions on your system are

User · Answer

You can also use the stat command if you want detailed information on a file directory   I precise this as you say you are learning

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