View permissions Recursively
# namei -m /var/log/syslog
f: /var/log/syslog
drwxr-xr-x /
drwxr-xr-x var
drwxrwxr-x log
-rw-r----- syslog
# namei -m /var/log/syslog
f: /var/log/syslog
drwxr-xr-x /
drwxr-xr-x var
drwxrwxr-x log
-rw-r----- syslog