Access and restrictions of files, documents, accounts, computers, etc.
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Red x on windows user
I have the same issue as this serverfault question. My question is what does the red cross on the user mean? In my case he is the administrator. How do I remove the red cross. I restarted the computer ...
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1answer
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What are good permissions for a USB disk when security does not matter?
I have an ext4 formatted usb hard disk, I want to use to move between different computers with different users. How should I set its directories' permissions it, so that every user can r/w? What ...
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1answer
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Lighttpd + Multiple Users + SSH
Is it possible to have multiple SSH users who can't read/write each others files but still allowing Lighttpd to serve their files?
Each user would have different domains.
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2answers
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Understanding file ownership Linux
I have a Java program on my Linux box and I wanted to create a little one-liner shell script in /bin to prevent having to navigate to the folder of the program and setting all the command line ...
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1answer
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Add another system admin on Linux
I am root user in my Linux system. I want to add another system admin and let him/her to help to do the admin job. What privilege should I design for that role (sysadmin)?
What is the different ...
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How do I make my picasa album public? [migrated]
I wish to make it public so i can have it embedded in my website. But I swear I cannot find how to change it from private to public. I'm in no way computer literate, but I just cannot find it!
ANSWER
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1answer
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Everyone has read/write/execute permission, but no one can create files
I mounted my USB hard drive using the instructions here and, well:
$ sudo mount -t ntfs -o umask=000 -rw /dev/sda1 "/media/MyBook/"
$ ls -l /media
total 12
(a couple irrelevent directories here)
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2answers
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Ubuntu group permission how to change
How do I change the permissions for a specific group that I have created?
Say for example I create four new users named Anna, David, Carl and Eva and I also create two different groups which I name ...
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OS X permissions when setting up TypeScript
I'm having some issues today setting up type script. Heres what I have done...
$ npm install -g typescript
*Package Downloaded
Open Terminal and run
$ tsc
-bash: /usr/local/bin/tsc: Permission ...
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0answers
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Samba connection and read only directory
I have a Windows XP computer connected with a Linux computer with Samba.
My problem is that the directory in Linux has all permission, while when I see it from XP it seems to be a read only directory. ...
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2answers
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File created in cygwin cannot be found
Setup: Cygwin on Windows 8 64bit. UAC enabled.
Scenario: I run cygwin without administrator privilege. I go to a directory and create a new file. Turns out I don't have write access to this ...
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0answers
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User cant write even when group has write privileges (Linux)
I have this problem where I want two users to be able to read/write from the same directory. I have two users, let's say user1 and user2 and a directory named files. I have a group for these two users ...
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1answer
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Windows 8 administrator's account permissions have been reduced to guest's account
Some reason I am unable to do simple tasks like change time or uninstall a program.
Here is the list of user accounts:
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Change iPhone file permissions wihout jailbreak [migrated]
I want to delete some apps (games) but backup their save game data.
Since there's no way to save your saved game data the only way to backup this files is using something like iFunBox and copy both ...
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1answer
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mySQL outfile & permissions under Ubuntu Linux
I know there are already several postings on the stackexchange sites about Linux permissions, but I can't find the answer to my problem.
I'm working on my own laptop (no web server or anything) with ...
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0answers
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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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1answer
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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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0answers
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Regedit does not ask for password when started as administrator
I needed to change the access rights to the system log on two computers (both running Windows 7), as described in this question. I did it successfully on one of the computers.
On the second one, I ...
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1answer
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How can I selectively take ownership of files and/or folders on a Windows 7 machine currently owned by a specific user?
Recently, our IT department migrated our systems to a new domain.
Unfortunately, file and folder ownership was not migrated at the same time, and there are some files & folders that are "owned" ...
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1answer
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Windows 8 - can not right click on wireless network to change WEP key
I need to change the WEP key on my Windows8 laptop.
The typical instructions are to open the list of wireless connections (Control Panel=>Network and Internet=>Connect to a Network), and right-click ...
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1answer
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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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3answers
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How give the permission to access subfolders in /root?
I need give the permission to read/write in this folder, which are subfolder of /root directory to mike.jackson (for some reason someone crete this folder inside /root) :
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Mac app: want to copy system files out of the protected location, and failed [closed]
In my Mac program, I want to copy the file located in /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/xx.plist to another disc.
Presumably it will failed, and it is.
I use the api of ...
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1answer
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What are the differences in permissions between domain admin on member computer and local admin?
I am having an installation issue with a custom written add-in for Outlook. If I am logged in as the domain admin on the PC I can install the program without seeing a UAC prompt and the installation ...
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2answers
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Make an access directory structure tree?
I want to run a script that will show me all the folders (output to a text file) that the running user can see starting from root, down to the point where it doesn't have the permissions to go any ...
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1answer
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malware has infected PC with Windows 7 OS (64-bit), taken over admin account
and given itself inherited permissions. At the same time, the former owner of PC, myself, and the admin account created under my name is denied any services that have apparently been installed by ...
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1answer
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Cannot do anything that requires admin privileges in Windows 8
It started after I was prompted to restart my computer by Windows 8 (it tried to repair disk errors). Than it asked me in Action Centre to setup a password. And now I can't open anything; cannot even ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to give standing permission to screen share in Microsoft Lync 2013?
My company has been happily using Google Apps for almost a year now. However, we have a few remote computers that we periodically need to access - for that, we have been using the free version of ...
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1answer
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Whose permissions are being used?
Regarding "Permissions" in Windows, is it possible to trace or determine "who" is actually changing something? (i.e., determine what user is modifying something with their respective permissions)
For ...
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2answers
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What unix permissions do I need?
I have a directory that hangs off root:
/data/my/folder/here/ and
/data/my/folder/herealso/
I wish all users to be able to write files to the here and herealso directories. But limit (as much as ...
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1answer
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How do I find all files that are *not* group writeable?
I see the following question describing how to find group writeable files:
How can I find all PHP files with group write permissions?
But I want files that are not group writable! (Also, I couldn't ...
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1answer
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Samba multi file share
I have a diretory like
samba
| test1
| test2
and user A,B.
I hope user A can read and write samba directory.
And user B can read samba directory, but only samba/test2 directory can write.
I ...
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discover the directory that prevents a file from being read in linux
i'm getting a permission denied for a user in a really long path.
$ sudo sudo -u user cat /l/o/n/g/path/file
Permission denied
i'm pretty sure path and file have permissions for that user. Is there ...
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0answers
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Windows 8 Access Denied when moving files
I have a secondary drive that has been in multiple machines, both Windows 7 and Windows 8. When trying to copy or move some of the files from this drive, I'm often presented with an "Access Is ...
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1answer
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Set up NTFS permissions to deny access to a user but allow one of their programs
Is it possible to set up NTFS permissions on a folder to deny access to a user, while allowing a specific program running under their account to access it?
Specifically, user A is logged in as an ...
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4answers
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Write but not read permission on a file in linux
Is it possible to have write but not read permission on a file in Linux?
What about execute but not read and write permission?
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Windows 8 - All of my permissions are broken
Windows 8 user here, and when I first started up my new computer, I discovered that almost all the permissions were broken. I did not have write access to several key areas, such as the root directory ...
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1answer
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Unable to run test.sh file through project.php inside /var/www/
test.sh's path is /var/www/proj/test.sh, and project.php is inside /var/www/ and my test.sh uses and creates some .txt files.
when i execute test.sh through terminal it works fine, but when I run ...
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Running unidentified developer Applications as a Non-administrator
I am used to Windows but recently got a macbook air (OS X) from school and want to make it full featured without having to reformat, reset/recreate admin, etc.
They have it restricted pretty hard ...
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3answers
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How to give access to user for specifig directory?
I made symlink when logged in as www (apache user):
ln -s /home/anotheruser/test /var/www/test
Now I go to my mydomain.com/test and I get a 403 error.
/home/anotheruser/ has permissions 764 ...
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3answers
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Unable to use sudo su - command
I am new in ubuntu, i am trying to run following command
sudo su -
Bu i am getting following message
sudo: unable to open /etc/sudoers: Permission denied
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, ...
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Extract full permission information from PDF
I want to extract all permission information from a PDF (preferably on the Linux command-line). I know the user and the owner passwords. pdfinfo only shows the state of four permissions:
print
copy
...
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1answer
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Why does redirection fail when passing through ssh, sudo and sh?
After reading this question, I know that I have to do
sudo sh -c 'ls -hal /root/ > /root/test.out'
to avoid the "Permission denied" error.
But when I do
ssh hostname sudo sh -c 'ls -hal /root/ ...
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0answers
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Prevent disabling screen saver password
I am using Mac OS Leopard (10.6.8). This computer has only one Administrative account which i use. When the Mac is idle for five minutes the screen saver is automatically activated and when resuming, ...
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1answer
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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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1answer
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Listing unreadable group files in Unix
Is there a way I can list ordinary files that are unreadable by a group in Unix?
What would be the necessary code for that?
And can I do it without using the find command?
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1answer
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Shared folders and permissions (windows 7)
I am creating a few files for particular users and groups with limited permissions, basically read and execute.
So, its works just fine.
The problem is that when a user is trying to delete a file ...
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1answer
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Dropbox on Linux Mint permissions issue
I have been developing a python package in dropbox. DB seems to be causing a very strange permissions issue. I own and have RW permissions to the directory and all of it's contents. Yet, when I try to ...
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how to correct sudo permission
I'm running AWS EC2 Micro instance and had issues getting permission to the root access with EC2-user.
Followed a tutorial online and ran the following commands:
sudo chgrp ec2-user /etc
sudo chmod ...
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1answer
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Files with write permission for all in /proc directory on CentOS 6.4
While searching for files writable by others, I'm coming across many files available in subdirectories of /proc. I'm not much aware of the usage of these files, but curious to know whether if someone ...
