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Not able to log in as root in fedora 17

I am not able to log in as root in Fedora 17 Error is su: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted What to do to solve this error The permission has been changed to -rwxrwxrwx I want to ...
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How to make a non-root user to use chown for any user group files?

I would like to make a user super powerful, with almost all root rights but unable to touch a the root user (to change the password of the root). My goal is to user "B" to manage my web server. The ...
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Linux: permission to read file from /sys/kernel/debug wihout root privileges

I'd like to read small text file, located at: /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch without root permissions. It contains information about graphic cards (dedicated ATI Radeon and integrated Intel ...
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Does sudo really make you root for a little while?

On Linux, in what kind of situations, if any, running a command as a non-root to access a file/folder or create/delete a file/folder using sudo may result in "permission denied" while running the same ...
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Linux and the Mysterious Case of Vanishing (and Reappearing) Directories

I've set up my very first Ubuntu server and immediately logged in (as myuser) to begin customizing it. I go to /opt and run mkdir sandbox. mkdir: Cannot create directory 'sandbox' : Permission ...
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Windows 7 can't write to root of non-system drive [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Creating file on disk partition gives 0x80070522 I have my C: drive which is an SSD, and an F: drive which is a 500GB hard drive. I cannot write to the root of the hard ...
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Pseudo “root” user and how to define his/her permissions

Most of the real-time systems that allow the system users to get the feeling that they are the "root" user in the system (eq. using ifconfig to change the network settings but not able to set the ...
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Can't login as root after changing permissions of /usr/bin

I changed the folder permissions of /usr/bin to 777. Now when I login to root user it shows "incorrect password". Now I'm not able to do anything on this PC. How can I revert the permissions of ...
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Linux: Giving a user read/write access to all files and directories

Is it possible in linux to give a user read/write access to all files and directories like root? EDIT I have a special case. I need to create a folder structure on which I can grand a special user ...
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Root Can't Delete Folder It Owns

Platform: CentOS 6.2 Shell: tcsh .............................................................................................................. EDIT 2 Brian Swift has pointed out a workable solution. ...
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Command to create a file owned by another user

I created a directory test owned by the root user, and then I created a file called F1 inside test , now I need to create a file called T5 inside test but by a user called student What is the ...
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Creating files and directories with a certain owner (user/group) while sudoing

I need to wget something (results in a compressed file in cwd), then I have to extract it, then do some copy/move/modification stuff and perhaps finally execute an script (from the downloaded ...
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Unable to access a script from root directory in Linux

I have a script in one of I my root directory: /root/scripts/script1.sh I wan't to call that script as another user (james1). I did the following (as root user): root@pc83$ CD scripts root@pc83$ ...
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What is different between root and sudo?

A root user can have all the privileges. But a normal user can gain access like a root with su or sudo command and their own password. So what's the difference?
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Permission denied as root

The root user of Linux doesn't have permission to read/write a regular file, unless all users have permission to read/write this file, like below: drwxrwsrwx ....... file_name However the owner ...
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How can I run GDB without root permissions on a Mac?

When I start GDB from the command line I have no problems. But when I start debugging a program from NetBeans (C++), I get this message: "Type the name and password of a user in the "Developer Tools" ...
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Volume Shadow Copy Service warning: VSS was denied access to the root of volume (Win 7 Home Premium)

I am mystified by the following warning in the Event Viewer. It is very frequent and always the same. Can anyone explain this to me? Is it a cause for concern? Might it have anything to do with my ...
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debian permissin denied problem on login [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: debian login problem. when i logging with root then i saw message "permission denied" Then i changed root shell directory "usermod -s .usr/ root" but it says ...
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How can I use sed in /etc/apache2/sites-available?

I'm attempting to write a script that uses sed to copy the default file for apache and writes a new file, replacing /var/www ($DOC_ROOT below) with my own directory, $NEW_SITES_DIR. However, sed isn't ...
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User account that is not allowed to edit one file on Ubuntu

I wanted to ask if it is possible to create a user account on Ubuntu so that it had all powers and rights of root account except it would be impossible to edit a certain file. What I intend to do is ...
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Root directory permissions on Mac OS X 10.6?

I was wondering if it's normal that the root directory / should be owned by “root”. I get asked for my password every time I want to do something there (e.g. save a file, create a directory) and I ...
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removing write permission does not prevent root from writing to the file

I just noticed on my Ubuntu machine (ext3 filesystem) that removing write permissions from a file does not keep root from writing to it. Is this a general rule of UNIX file permissions? Or specific ...
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root can't write or modify /bin, /usr/bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin

On a debian system, I'm logged in as root. I cannot create any files in /bin, /usr/bin, /sbin or /usr/sbin. I can create files in /, /usr, /usr/local, /usr/share, etc, etc. All these directories ...