Tool to show permissions of path in Linux?

Question

Is there a tool in Linux that will take a path such as /var/log/httpd/error_log, and print the permission for each branch of the path, i.e.:

/var:                     root:root,         0755
/var/log:                 root:root,         0755
/var/log/httpd:           www-data:root,     0700
/var/log/httpd/error_log: www-data:www-data, 0644

Such a tool would make permission troubleshooting much easier, especially with exceptionally long paths like on file servers and such.

score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '14 at 18:29

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You want namei.

# namei -l /var/log/nginx/error.log
f: /var/log/nginx/error.log
drwxr-xr-x root  root  /
drwxr-xr-x root  root  var
drwxr-xr-x root  root  log
drwx------ nginx nginx nginx
-rw-r--r-- nginx nginx error.log

Note that this command is Linux-specific and may not exist on other operating systems. Also do not confuse it with the namei() system call.

answered Oct 23 '14 at 18:29

Michael Hampton

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*adds to list of handy commands* – Nathan C Oct 23 '14 at 18:30
That worked perfectly for my purposes, one "accept" and a +1 for you. – Soviero Oct 24 '14 at 17:36

Tool to show permissions of path in Linux?

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