The ACL is a security and access component of Operating Systems. It contains a set of entries that determine who and what has access to a specified physical or logical system object.
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cygwin can bypass windows xp acls?
How is cygwin able to bypass Windows XP ACLS? In the following example, cmd.exe cannot create a file in a directory but bash can. What gives?
C:\WINDOWS\Temp>mkdir noaccess
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Linux - How to get Filesystem ACL to allow group to have permission to folder
I'm a little confused on how to get this working.
I have ACL working and I need to create two goups:
github-total: group that the users in that group have permissions to the folder "/var/git" to ...
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I've lost rights to edit files in folder etc
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
I'm updating the hosts file on regular basis but suddenly it stopped working and now asks for admin rights even though I am administrator.
I've modified and ...
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How do I remove any SELinux context or ACL?
HI, I have some files, that I'd like to remove the SELinux context or ACLs from (denoted by a '.' or a '+' respectively when using ls -alZ).
I don't have too much time on my hands to read on the , ...
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FTP, CentOS and SELinux Permissions
I am trying to use vsftpd to allow a user to ftp in and edit files in /var/www/html where most files are owned by apache. So far I have used setsebool to enable system wide ftp, and I've also used ...
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changing ntfs permissions for Windows internal usage, from linux
Troubleshooting an Windows 7 installation. One tactic is to increase permissions on files/directories ACL's (access control lists) for windows, from within windows, so all system data and drivers etc ...
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ACL mess after rsync on Windows 2008
The permissions in the ACL are not in the right order on some files and directories after having used rsync to synchronize directory trees. The stuff works well as it is on Windows 2003.
Can someone ...
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How to let directories inherit the sticky bit and set different default ACLs for directories and files?
First problem: Is it possible to have the sticky bit on directories being inherited for newly created subdirectories?
Second problem: How can I set different default ACLs for directories and files, ...
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run 'net user' command as administrator
I was writing a simple batch file with the following command
net user Abhi *
where Abhi is my username and I am the administrator of my computer. On execution, it prompts for a password and then ...
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using setfacl to give access to another user without giving access to a group
I have a user that I use for backup, and I use setfacl to give that user access to files. However, setfacl changes the base ACL entry for group and some applications require that the base ACL entry ...
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VMware: Mapping an NTFS drive without security permission restrictions
I have a VMware image of a Windows machine. I can map the drive. However, when I do map it, I don't have permission to read everything on it. (Host OS is Win 7 - I'm running as an Admin with LUA).
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ACL and moving files in Nautilus
When I move files from a private home directory (e.g. /home/jack) to a shared directory (e.g. /home/shared-school) Nautilus copies the file permissions from the original file into the shared directory ...
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access control list share file but not directory RHEL6
i have a file that i want to be accessible by a single user, but i dont want the user to have access to the folder it resides in, my understanding is that the following steps should work, but they ...
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How do I restore Windows ACL to default?
A few months ago I got my computer, and instead of sticking with the preinstalled Windows 7 Home Premium and OEM stuff I decided I want a clean install from a DreamSpark disc. At the time I also ...
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How to copy Time Machine volume to another disk using rsync while preserving ACLs?
Recently I had to change my Mac's filesystem from case-preserving to being fully case-sensitive. I did that by using CCC and copying data to another disk, then returning back to newly formatted main ...
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Mercurial ACL Groups causing 502 error
am setting up my mercurial repo using the ACL extension. When I configure the ACL.deny section I am trying to deny a specific group of users. When blocking them individually ACL works as intended and ...
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File permissions issue with an NFSv4 share, uploaded from a Mac Lion
I have an NFSv4 share that was working fine, with Macs using Snow Leopard, to share files across the network. The NFS share has one cloned user/group that all clients autoconnect as. All files ...
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Squid is ignoring my ACL
Second try:
I configured Firefox to use the proxy IP and port, and it worked, so my hypothesis is correct: for some reason, the machine where Squid is running don't send to it the incoming petitions. ...
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Garage Band and Access Control
The things garage band writes are, in fact, directories.
Changing their access from the 'Get Info' menu changes the directory but not the files therein. I ended up using good old chmod to patch ...
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Prevent copying from specific network locations
A tad unusual question! I need to prevent users from copying (via Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V, Drag+Drop, Edit>Copy / Edit>Paste) from a folder on the local machine. I won't go into details of why, as it's ...
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rsync bullies destination ACLs for fun
I have the following ACLs configured on a directory (.ssh) at the destination of my rsync:
# file: .ssh
# owner: jsmith
# group: jsmith
user::rwx
user:backup:r-x
group::---
group:backup:r-x
mask::r-x
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Backup issue - Avoiding Windows 7 and 8 asking me to click Continue to permanently get access to folder
I'm in the Administrators group. When I try to access some folders for the first time (example: c:\Users\Whoever\Desktop) then I get the message:
"You don't currently have permission to access ...
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Using chmod -b to remove ACLs but leave perms unchanged
By using chmod -b on my Isilon cluster I can remove ACLs. However, I'd like to remove all ACLs from a directory tree, leaving all permissions intact. So,
#chmod -b -R (no mode set) /foo/bar
This ...
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SAMBA and Linux ACLs — “Permission denied” on write to share but file written nevertheless
I set up a writable share directory "/home/net/share" with acl like this:
sudo mkdir -p "/home/net/share"
sudo setfacl -m "u:localuser:rwx,u:remoteuser:rwx,g:users:rwx" "/home/net/share"
My ...
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ACL is not working for SharePoint OSX Lion
I am trying to share iTunes folder. And adding some user as ACL, for being able to connect to that share over SMB (Windows).
Music folder, (one level higher,than iTunes) . Doesn't have that ACL,and ...
