File Permissions Breakdown


The first part of each line:

 drwxrwxrwx  1 reegen reegen   4096 Jan 22 10:05 dropbox

can be broken up as follows:

  d   rwx   rwx   rwx
  |    |     |     |
  |    |     |     \-> "Other" permissions
  |    |     |
  |    |     \-> "Group" permissions
  |    |
  |    \-> "User" permissions
  |
  \-> Type of file