THE VIRTUAL SERVER HANDBOOK

Owner name

     Login ID of the file's or directory's owner.

Group name

     Group ID to which the file belongs.

Size

     In bytes.

Date and time

     Time stamp of last modification.

Pathname

     Name of file.

File Mode

The file mode is a 10 character label that identifies the type of file and the

permissions for the owner or group. The first character identifies the type of

file. The following characters are often found as the first characters.

normal file

d

directory

l

link to another file or directory (link is shown in the last column)

The next nine characters of the file mode block are separated in three

groups of three characters. Permissions for the owner, group and other. The

following table summarizes these three blocks of the file mode.

Character

Permission

Value

none assigned

r

read

4

w

write

2

x

execute

1

A file called "test" with a file mode of " rwxr x   " has a value of 750. The

numeric value is used when you change the mode with the 

chmod

 (change

mode) command. For example:

chmod 755 test

The number changes the "test" file mode to read, write, execute for the

owner, read and execute for the group and other. The file mode is now:

 rwxr xr x

.

Virtual Server Directories and Files

Each new Virtual Server contains the following directories and files by

default. The ~ (tilde) represents the path 

/usr/home/login id 

 (the

full path to the Virtual Server's home directory). You see the path

/usr/home/login id

 only while you are connected to your Virtual

Server via Telnet or SSH. If you are connected to your Virtual Server via

FTP or HTTPD, the root directory is 

/usr/home/login id

 and is

simply 

a /

.

% ls  l

total 12

drwxr xr x

2

root

vuser

512

Jul 17 07:13

bin

drwxr xr x

2

root

vuser

512

Aug 7 1997

dev

drwxr xr x

3

trout

vuser

512

Aug 11 16:51

etc

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