Is there a way to check the permissions of the root folder, /? I mean the folder's permissions, not its content's (/var, /usr, etc.) permissions? Running ls /..
shows the content's permissions.
3 Answers
You can also use the -d
switch of ls
:
$ ls -ld /
drwxr-xr-x 28 root root 126976 Mar 20 17:11 /
From man ls
:
-l use a long listing format
-d, --directory
list directory entries instead of contents, and do not derefer‐
ence symbolic links
stat -c "%a %n" /
It will give you the permissions.
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1Thanks, that was fast.
stat
seems like an interesting, useful command, having read itsman
page.– trysisMar 25, 2014 at 1:02 -
You should use the
a
switch to see the permissions of.
which corresponds to root home.– RameshMar 25, 2014 at 1:05 -
Yeah, that's what the other answer says, and what I should have thought of. D'oh!– trysisMar 25, 2014 at 1:15
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ha ha. You can accept either of the 2 answers. Both the answers seem to suit what you need :)– RameshMar 25, 2014 at 1:18
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Use the -a
switch of ls
to include hidden files as well as .
and ..
in the listing and the -l
switch for a "long" listing (which includes the permissions, among other information):
ls -la /
The line with a single .
in the last column will contain information about the listed directory itself, i.e. /
:
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 Mar 10 15:57 .
However if you only need information about /
itself, terdon's answer (using the -d
switch) will probably be handier.
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1@trysis I routinely use
ls -blah
. It has everything you could possibly want to know about a file or directory.– n.stMar 25, 2014 at 1:06 -
2This is not really a very good solution, it will list all files under
/
when all the OP wanted was/
itself. Seestat
orls -ld
in the answers below.– terdon ♦Mar 25, 2014 at 2:08 -
1@trysis You might want to accept terdon's answer instead since it's closer to what you originally wanted to achieve.– n.stMar 25, 2014 at 3:14
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1Fair enough, the comment was not so much directed at you as to future users who might see this as the accepted answer and assume it is the Best Way® to do it.– terdon ♦Mar 25, 2014 at 3:15
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2
.
is not necessarily first. The list is sorted lexically. There are several characters that sort before.
in many locales. Mar 25, 2014 at 12:12
-l
option:ls -l /
/root
folder permissions, which also does not make sense. I'll be damned if I do, damned if I don't.