more permission problem

[Wulfy]

Mahadi Hasan wrote:
> Thank you for your help.
> Sorry, I mistakenly wrote that I could not change permissions of the
> folders/files in my home directory mounted in root (/) directory.
> But there are some things I need to know about.
> I checked out the permissions of folders/files in my home directory on
> the command line, and I found that all the folders (Documents, Music,
> Public etc.) have permission like this: drwxr-xr-x,
> and, only one folder named Examples which has permission like this:
> lrwxrwxrwx, and a file which was created by me has permission like
> this: -rw-r--r--.
> My questions are:
> 1. What do d and l at the beginning of the permission mean?
> 2. Why can't I access the Examples folder, and even change the
> permission? How do I change the permission of this folder?
> 3. Why isn't there anything like d or l at the beginning of the
> permission of the file?
>
>   
I think I can shed light on 1) and 3):

d is a directory
l is a link
- is an ordinary file.

Sorry, I have no idea about question 2).

I hope that helps a bit.  :@)

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