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<p>Created page with &quot;Beyond the normal permissions files can have attributes set to control how a file can be used. == Change and Set Attributes == &lt;syntaxhighlight&gt; chattr +&lt;attribute&gt; &lt;file&gt; chattr -&lt;a...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Beyond the normal permissions files can have attributes set to control how a file can be used.<br /> <br /> == Change and Set Attributes ==<br /> <br /> &lt;syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> chattr +&lt;attribute&gt; &lt;file&gt;<br /> <br /> chattr -&lt;attribute&gt; &lt;file&gt;<br /> &lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> <br /> == Attributes ==<br /> <br /> * Append Only (a)<br /> <br /> Prevents deletion, text can only be added to the end of the file. <br /> <br /> * no dump (d)<br /> <br /> Prevents backups with the dump command<br /> <br /> * extent format (e)<br /> <br /> Set with ext file system - cannot be removed<br /> <br /> * immutable (i)<br /> <br /> No Deletion or changes Possible<br /> <br /> * indexed (l)<br /> <br /> Set indexes for searching - cannot be removed</div>

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