Most current file systems have methods of administering permissions or access rights to specific users and groups of users. These systems control the ability of the users to view or make changes to the contents of the filesystem.
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Effective Permissions in Windows Server 2008 R2
So I created a VHD for testing some permissions on a computer attached to a domain
The VHD is mounted as E:\
Inside of E:\ I have created a folder called web (so e:\web)
I right click on the web ...
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File access from client Windows Server 2012 works with procmon enabled, otherwise doesn't
Windows Server 2012, running Terminal Services has a client application installed. The server part is located on another Windows Server 2012.
The client application is an old one, based on dBase.
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what's the meaning of “?” in file/folder mode bits in CentOS 6.4?
Environment:
2 desktops.
A is a Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
B is a CentOS 6.4
A mounts B's folder via sshfs.
The output of 'mount' in A:
Lebian@zeus:/share on /mnt/share type fuse.sshfs ...
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Write file permissions for root user
I have a file called myfile that I would like to move using:
sudo mv myfile deep-dark-directory/
I need to use sudo to move the file as deep-dark-directory needs root privileges to write and I ...
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How do you stop file renaming in file server?
I have installed windows server 2008 r2 and configured FSRM role properly. I have enabled file screening there and blocked all types (*.*) of files to be saved there and have created an exclude lists ...
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How can I create a Windows shared folder which requires absolutely no authentication to write data?
I want to create a folder on a domain joined Windows server (NTFS), which any user can generate logs files to. When I say any user, this may include built in Windows user accounts, and from any OS ...
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Windows 8 Security shows all “permissions incorrectly ordered”
I have a strange Folder/File security problem with a new Windows 8 Pro machine and I spent 3+ hours on the phone with Microsoft today and they don't have a 'fix' but have heard of it a "couple of ...
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Are read and execute permissions essentially equivalent?
Are read and execute permissions equivalent?
If one has read permission, they can just read the contents, copy them in a new file, add execute permission to that new file, and execute the new file.
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Why does adding rights to User group affect an Administrator (Server 2008)? [migrated]
User Foo is logged and a member of Administrators, but not a member of Users - I removed that group and even rebooted. In c:\inetpub\www Foo cannot modify any files even though the Administrators ...
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Unable to delete or take ownership of folder (Windows 7)
I have a folder that I am unable to delete.
I also cannot take ownership.
The hard drive is one I have previously used in another PC, if this makes any difference.
When trying to take ownership it ...
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How to recover Windows 8 authenticated users access if denied for a particular folder
I've got Windows 8 and trying to restrict access to a particular folder on my D: drive for other user accounts, and set permissions for the authenticated user group in security tab as denied. Now I ...
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How can I restore the permissions of my “/usr” folder?
I accidentally set the permission of my hidden 'usr' to 'no access' (meant read only). Now no applications can open (they just bounce).
When trying to sudo cd or ls in terminal, I simply get:
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What does it mean when a file is blocked in Windows?
When some files are downloaded from the internet, they are blocked. Some files can still be opened even if they are blocked...
I can see whether a file is blocked by opening the file properties ...
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'reverse' fmask for NFS
On a Linux machine, I exported a few directories via NFS.
Within the directories, I want to keep all the files of permission 0644, but I can't stop people from copying a file of 0600 there.
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How can I set Microsoft Account permissions for shares without regards to domain on Windows 8?
I have folder A on computer A and I am mapping network drive on computer B to \VPN_IP\A, but I want full control permissions to the share from computer B. Both computers use the same Microsoft ...
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Can I set a user-specific umask for GUI apps?
I've set my umask to 077 in ~/.profile, but this only affects command-line programs, not graphical applications like the Finder. Is there a way I can change the umask that apps running under my ...
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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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Internet Explorer - Open file dialog with IP address & hostname
I am having a static php page with a simple input type file, for file upload.
If I open http://127.0.0.1/mypage.php in internet explorer, if I click on it, it opens "open file dialog", but it doesn't ...
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Copy all files from one place to another whilst keeping group permissions
I'm trying to copy files from one place to another, I am using this:
cp -R /from/ /to/
However, whilst this is keeping the standard permissions, it is setting the group permissions to 0 0 ...
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Understanding Unix File Attributes
I've read the Unix man pages on this subject and searched far and wide, but one thing eludes me. What the heck is the meaning of the number between the group owner and date?
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Mira ...
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Access PostgreSQL on Mac without switching users
I've got a Mac running OS X Lion (10.7.5), with PostgreSQL 9.2.4 installed. I've initialized a database cluster and started a server, all as the postgres user. When I try to access certain ...
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Windows will erase permissions on files
I have been seeing issues where Windows seems to "reset" permissions on files after I had set them. I have seen this in various versions of Windows. I'm sorry I don't have much more information. The ...
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Does file user ownership change when transferring files between computers?
Scenario: A file created under computer A (userA), which takes file ownership as userA in file permissions, is then transferred to computer B with a different user (userB)....
Does the ownership of ...
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Windows server network drive can't run exes
I have a domain run by a Windows Server 2008 R2 with Active Directory. I have a program on the server which I created a mapped drive to on each of the client computers. All client computers are ...
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Deleting system files that are in a remote shared folder?
I have my videos on a Windows Home Server. I have access to the shared folders, i.e. \\server\movies, with modify permissions.
When I try to delete a folder like \\server\movies\movie, other files ...
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chmod symbolic notation: unexpected “=” operation behavior
I am reading The Linux Command Line by William Shotts and I read somewhere in the book a part regarding permissions which says The operation may be a “+” indicating that a permission is to be added, a ...
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Drupal installation strange permission.
I am trying to install drupal 7 im my Linux( Fedora 17) machine. I have given chmod -R 755 permission to directory /var/www/html/drupal, additionally go+w to the same directory,recursively. But when I ...
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Permission denied for other users than root
I have a directory called sai at /var/www/html/. I gave permission initially 755 and tried 777. I have loggen in as user nitish. When I tried to edit the files , it says the file is read-only. But if ...
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NAS and the Command Prompt
I have a Seagate GoFlex NAS drive. I keep my iTunes folder there. Windows has a map from "\GOFLEX_HOME\GoFlex Home Public" to X: This all works fine. From Window's Explorer I can drag and drop files ...
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Does finder have an internal, more restrictive set of file permissions?
My OSX Mountain Lion has two users (say, me and otheruser).
When logged in as me, I can look at /Users/otheruser/Public, and drop files into /Users/otheruser/Public/Drop Box, where I can't see them. ...
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What's the “all other users” for folder security?
How do I add all other users to this:
In the "Enter the object names to select (examples)" field.
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Cannot modify files with SAMBA and CurlFTPfs
I have all my ftp accounts mounted via CurlFTPfs with allow-others option. All directories have --- --- rwx (0007) permission after ftp mount with umask=0770 . This way I can log as another user (than ...
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Retaining usable permissions and ownership copying unix files to NTFS
I have an old solaris system with terabytes of data on it. Recently we got a new server and I went along with the recommendation of a windows server "because it was easy to manage". Someone copied ...
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Runas dialog stops script execution
I have installed Nmap 6.25 and Python 3.3 in my Windows XP SP3 machine. I have written a python script that calls Nmap and writes its output in a file. I have placed the script's shortcut in the ...
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default file permissions for ftp uploads in ubuntu (vsftpd)
I followed the answer to this question for setting default file permissions in my web root folder:
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What are “Paste Item Exactly” and “Duplicate Exactly” in Finder?
While holding Opt and Shift, the Finder menu items Duplicate and Paste Item become Duplicate Exactly and Paste Item Exactly. These require administrator permissions.
How are they different from the ...
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Windows 8 resetting permissions
I have a Windows 7 Ultimate machine that was upgraded to Windows 8 Pro. There's a recurring issue that's preventing IIS from serving a folder tree. After some experimentation, I think I found the ...
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Fedora Live USB
I'm following this http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=283055 to be able to install fedora from usb, however i'm stuck when modifying a file,
I need to modify EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.conf, but ...
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Time Machine permission errors
I back up fairly regularly with Time Machine. Recently, my hard drive crashed and now I wish to put my old contents onto /temp. I am unable to do it in the laptop, as when I open the 'documents' ...
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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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Permision denied on log file
I want to be able to view log files from apache as regular user. I have set this files to 777 as root but still cannot view them as regular user, why is that?
#I have set permissions for everyone
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Why can't I set protections on /root/.gvfs?
My question is why can't I set permissions on a file in /root?
I'm stumped. This bash script run from cron as a non-root user
#!/bin/bash
# mail_df.sh Charles M. Norton 01/07/2013
# Emails df to ...
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Check file permissions for another user
Apache is complaining about not being able to access a file. Is there an easy way to find out what is blocking the access?
I know that I can go through the process of knowing which groups the user ...
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Windows 7 - Cannot remove read-only attribute
I am logged in on my admin account. When I was trying to edit a python project using PyCharm (an IDE), it told me that the folder was marked as read-only (square box).
I open the folder in explorer, ...
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Windows shell not starting for any user?
Admin accounts boot up just fine. And adding a user to the admin group fixes it until they are moved back to just being a user.
This happens on new accounts that are created.
Im able to bring up ...
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OSX WebServer Locked Files/Folders
I've been trying to figure this out for the last hour with no luck. On OSX 10.7 I've set up my WebServer and enabled PHP5 without any issues. When I add documents to the Documents folder they lock ...
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How can a read I file with another owner, in the same group and with the world readable bit set? [duplicate]
I am user tim, in the bob group, and I have a file with unusual permissions:
$ whoami
tim
$ groups
lp wheel cron audio cdrom video bob tim
$ ls -l foo
--w--w-r-- 1 bob bob 10 Feb 15 18:43 foo
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Is it possible to share the same “hard drive” partition with a dual-boot?
I want to dual-boot my PC with Linux and Windows. Is it possible to save a file on my Windows partition and when I load the Linux partition, be able to see that saved file on Windows and visa versa?
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disallowing anonymous access to some files in iis 7.5
Could someone guide me on how to do what is mentioned at the following link, on IIS 7.5:
http://www.iss.net/security_center/reference/vuln/frontpage-ext-bad-permissions.htm
In short it is meant to ...
