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Change Windows Server 2008 R2 permission model to match Server 2008
I recently migrated to a Windows 2008 Server R2 cloud server from a Server 2008 and ever since have had lots of problems with file permissions.
The CMS's that we use to manage various websites no ...
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User has write access but getting “permission denied” error
A user has been added to a group and the group has been given ownership on an directory.
Now the user is not able to write the files in to the directory using WinSCP, but I have added another user ...
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Windows 7 Locked files/folders
I've got quite the question that I can't find the answer to anywhere (yet).
I use 3D studio Max 8 to do some 3D stuff (yay!). It keeps all of its files in Program Data>>AutoDesk>>3dsMax8
I was ...
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You dont currently have permission to access this folder error
I bought a new SATA Hard drive and installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 on it. I also installed my old one beside the new SATA HD.
Now I want to access my images / musics and videos but I get this ...
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File permission vs umask value
If the umask value is 002 for a user, the directory created will have the permission of 775 & files created will have 664, that is we subtract the umask value 002 from 777 for directories & ...
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Cacls recursive wildcard
I have a user named foo and I want him to have only read permission over all files and folders in folder D:/bar
Inside the folder I have a lot of folders and there are .dbf files scattered.
I want ...
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NTFS-3G: Using user mapping, all files become executable after boot to Windows
I have an NTFS partition shared between Windows 7 and Fedora 15. I added a .NTFS-3G/UserMapping file to map my main user/group in Windows to my main user/group in Linux. This was fine until I booted ...
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Remove Permissions
On one of my a partitions, Windows 7 is installed. I would like to delete this partition, but to backup before the following folder "E:\Users\Daniel". Just copying the folder doesn't work ...
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How do I compress system files for which I have been denied access?
I need to compress some files in a folder, but my system denies me access from doing so.
Since they are system files, how can I compress these files without changing the permissions?
I'm looking for ...
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Permission issue with emacs for non-root user (Ubuntu 11.10)
Background
I'm working on my personal VPS configured mostly for learning sysadmin and personal projects. Have run up against an issue where my non-root user could only create/edit files in emacs by ...
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SVN and odd file
I just did an SVN update and found a weird .pptx file that I cannot open. (When I double-click, it does not open.) Then when I right click on the file, it shows only a small amount of options I can do
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Losing file permissions after rebooting Windows 7
I have a User directory full of files that are not accessible permission wise for the user who's home directory it is. Said user can't run Explorer. For example, it provides an error complaining that ...
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Cannot delete two files in Windows 7 — “You need permission to perform this action.”
I did something stupid. I reinstalled Windows on my computer but decided to leave the old installation on the drive instead of reformatting. Now I'm trying to delete the old Windows folder and for the ...
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Linux file permissions seem right but I can't write to a directory
I believe that I have the permissions set correctly but I can't write to a directory. Here's my problem:
cborders@Kraken:/var/www$ ls -la
total 12
drwxrwxr-x 2 webz webz 4096 2011-12-30 14:58 ./
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Mac OS X Lion: folders and files permissions
Every time I try to change the name of file or folder, or delete file or folder, the password dialog input appears. This is on Sites folder, permissions are drw--rw, user and everyone. The permissions ...
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How to make text editors respect read-only file permissions as root?
I just discovered that nano, KWrite and Kate all silently overwrite read-only files when editing as root -- even if the file permissions are 400 (-r--------). It also doesn't matter if root is the ...
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Unable to copy files from protected folders
When I try to run the following
copy %HOMEPATH%\"My Documents"\test.txt %CD%
from c:\backupSettings
I get the error:
Access is denied.
0 file(s) copied.
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FreeBSD file group write permissions
I have created a dummy file just to test out group permissions.
touch /path/test.txt
chown user1:txtwriter /path/test.txt
chmod 664 /path/test.txt && ls -la
returns:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 ...
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Folder/File permission transfer between alike file structure
So my company has recently upgraded to a new SAN but the person who copied all the data over must have done a drag n' drop or basic copy to move everything. Apparently Xcopy is not something he cared ...
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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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Setting user & group in a new Mac OS X installation?
Our product is an Audio Units that needs to be installed in
/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/
In order to allow automatic updates, we need to create the Audio-Unit bundle (ourapp.component) with ...
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Can't delete a directory in Mac
We have a bundle Melodo.component and inside it we have a 'Contents' directory with the following permissions:
drwxrwxrwx 4 root wheel 136 Mar 18 15:05 Contents
When I try to delete this ...
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How to create a Windows 7 fileshare that requires NO authentication
This almost seems like a silly question, and yet I can't find the combination to keep the safe open.
I am trying to create a fileshare on a Windows 7 Pro workstation. I want NO authentication ...
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Fix KDE permissions after sudo startx
After experiencing some issues with KDE (4.7.1, on Kubuntu 11.10), I tried to restart it. The recommended sudo /etc/init.d/kdm restart stopped it, but it failed to start, instead getting stuck on a ...
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Linux file permissions - how do I force inheritance to all files in a folder?
I have a script that allows public to upload small jpg's to a gallery. Works well but occasionally unwanted files are uploaded.
How do I make all files inherit public unreadable permissions in that ...
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What is the + at the end of Unix permissions in a long listing format?
Here's an example
drwxr-xr-x+ 6 reza reza 204 Mar 5 20:23 .ssh/
Although I am the owner of this directory, I cannot modify it without using sudo!
Why is that? how can I remove '+' here ...
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What is the '+' at the end of long listing format? [closed]
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What is the + at the end of Unix permissions in a long listing format?
Here's an example
drwxr-xr-x+ 6 reza reza 204 Mar 5 20:23 .ssh/
Although I am the ...
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scp permission error
I am trying to do a scp from a server where the user home directory has been given permission 744 recursively.
On doing scp I am getting the following error "C0744 1733 database.cpp" .
The situation ...
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Share the Documents, Pictures, Music, Video User Folders between different OSes
I have a dual-boot configuration: Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 8 Consumer Preview. I need to create a similar setup on both OSes, so that I do my work, testing, benchmarks and everything else on ...
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rsync Permission denied backing up a remote directory to my local machine
NOTE: I found this similar question: Run rsync with root permission on remote machine.
That doesn't answer my question. The answer there doesn't provide enough explanation for me to parse my own ...
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How do I set the umask for files and directories created from the GUI in MacOS X Lion (10.7)?
I've set my umask in my .bashrc file to 007. Any files created on the command line after loading my bashrc file respects this setting. I want to be able to set the umask to 007 for any files created ...
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Make read-only file read write from commandline windows
How can I make a read-only Windows file read+write for Everyone from the command line. I searched CACLS but the examples aren't great.
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Windows 7 Unable To Delete Folder in “Programs Files”
I am trying to delete the folder in C:\Program Files\McAfee\VirusScan\Current as a member of the computer’s Administrators group. This is a standalone computer, so no domain or anything.
The original ...
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Why would /var and /opt not be owned by root:root?
On an RHEL 5.5 server I manage, I noticed the following in a directory listing of /:
ls -l | grep 1000
dr-xr-xr-x 3 12449 10000 4096 Dec 15 2010 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 20 12449 10000 4096 Dec 16 2010 ...
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Cannot delete a folder in Windows 7
I have a few folders that I can't delete:
I right-click > properties > security to try and give myself permission, but no joy:
So I try to take ownership of the folder in advanced > owner...
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Online Storage with permissions for windows users [closed]
Looking for some advice, we need online storage with permissions much in the same way permissions work on windows servers.
I've looked at dropbox teams, which allows 5 users. For my scenario I'm ...
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permission to copy (some) files from XP to Win7
I have Win7 and XP machines; I am copying files from XP (SP3) to Win7. I have used search on Win7 to open a Win Explorer window to a shared folder on XP, and it displays the list of files. I can ...
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Howto access folders in a Macrium Reflect Image that belong to another user?
The following steps were made to access files in a folder that was created with Macrium Reflect on a Windows 7 64 Bit system.
In the last dialog I could change the owner and the permission but ...
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What does directory permission 02777 do?
Found the following PHP code today:
mkdir($directory, 02777);
chmod($directory, 02777);
I understand the PHP, but not first part of those numbers. The 777 part is clear, and if I have understood ...
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Extract file and folders with specified permissions
I pack a folder with lot of sub-folders and files in Windows with 7zip, upload to VPS and then run the command:
tar -xvzf file.tar.gz
then all unpacked files and folders have permissions of 777. ...
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Permissions on a typical shared Linux web host
I am trying to understand the file permissions on a typical shared Linux web hosting account. I know how to set rwx permissions for the OWNER GROUP and PUBLIC entities of a file or directory. What ...
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Padlock overlay and Authenticated Users Group in Windows 7
In Windows 7 Professional how to you eliminate the padlock overlay icon from multiple files? I can do it from individual files by adding the "Authenticated Users" group to the list that has full ...
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SVN export yields different file permissions on 2 systems with same umask
I have a machine with Ubuntu 10.10 and a machine with Ubuntu 11.10.
When I do a svn export on the 10.10 machine, this gives all directories a 755 permission. The 11.10 machine sets the directories to ...
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Linux directory permissions, owner can create and read but not delete
I want to create a folder, so the owner can create and read files but not be able to delete them. I tried with ACL, but the owner can still delete the files.
$ setfacl --set u::rwx,g::-,o::- control
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Unable to grant user access to directories in a share
I am running windows 2003. We have active directory in my organization. I have a user -- for example -- called Bob Smith (e-mail is bsmith@organization.com, again, made up).
Just for the record, ...
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Correct user rights for Samba share
I have a server which I want to use to share files on a local network. Each user should have a own directory for himself as well as several shared directories:
FolderUser1 ... FolderUserN and ...
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Unable to change Windows file permissions [closed]
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All folders are Read-Only (Windows)
My work computer runs Windows Vista, on a typical Windows network (not sure which version of Windows server). I am the owner of my ...
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Took Ownership of File/Folder, but Still Couldn't Alter It
Received a "folder access denied" warning after wanting to delete a folder so I needed to change permissions on a folder. Changed it to - for example: "username (username-PC\username)". That was the ...
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TrustedInstaller Preventing Deletion of Files/Folders
I'm looking to free up space on my computer by deleting some unnecessary files and folders I found in Program Files (x86). A problem I came across was a "Folder Access Denied" where it stated that ...
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Why can't I delete a file where I have group write permissions on?
I have a file with the following permissions:
root:data, and chmod set to 775.
My normal user, let's call him boby, is in the data group.
Why can't I delete the file with the user boby?
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