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User Authentication [closed]
Is there any free or commercial service that would allow me to implement user authentication (user registration and management) for my static website using just javascript embed code?
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Windows 7 fonts folder asks for nonexistent Admin
I can't open or add to my fonts folder... I'm asked for "trusted Installer" a user which (as far as I can tell does not exist.
Additionally, it also crashes Windows Explorer every time I try to open ...
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How can I ban a user from accessing my router?
How can I ban a user from accessing my router – or how can I end his session?
My router is a D-LINK DI-514.
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How to export and import an user profile from one Quassel core to another?
I'm using for quite a long time Quassel as my bouncer for IRC.
We (a group of administrators of a small network) have set up a shared Quassel core with many users on the same core.
But now I would ...
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Login to a windows (domain) user account when not connected to internet
When I am on my local network I log into a computer that is added to a domain. This creates a local user profile with my documents, desktop etc. Problem is that I am unable to login to this account ...
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List of current logged on users, from list of PCs
From a list of computers (IP address, or hostname), is there a tool I can use to build a list of the currently logged on user for each computer?
I have a tool which can do this but used all computers ...
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Increasing the user space on windows XP machine
I have a problem with user space on XP. I have a machine with 3GB RAM and my application needs more memory. One solution would be increase the RAM to 4GB and switch on the 3GB Switch.
Right now, I ...
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How to alter output from the 'who' and 'w' command?
I don't want my users to see each others ip's/login info so I want to alter the output when they use the 'who' and 'w' commanda to hide that info - is there a way to do this?
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Cannot log onto new accounts - “The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded”
I'm on a fairly new install of Win 7 x64 with default UAC settings. I recently had to delete a user profile due to the win 7 2012 virus issue, but when trying to create a new profile (any profile ...
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What is the windows XP equivalent of 'User Choice' in the registry?
What would the windows xp equivalent be of deleting the key 'User Choice' in windows7/vista registry (to restore default program to be used to open a partcular file extension).
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How to display user defined message on the browser after blocking website using hosts
I am using the hosts file for blocking websites, and when we try to open that website the browser shows some default message, but I need to display my own message.
Is there any possibility for ...
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windows 7 restrict file access
If I want to restrict the access of a folder to myself only, and considering I am the owner, can I leave the Users and Everyone groups in the ACL or do I have to remove them ?
If I remove these ...
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set user's PATH variable without admin access in XP
I have two related questions for XP variables; it may end up the same method works for both of them. I as a user want to modify my Path but lack the admin rights necessary to change it. I imagine ...
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How to set userinfo as HTTP-header on apache-reverseproxy?
I have configured my apache for a simple authenticated reverse-proxy, which works fine. Now I want to set the userinfo as a http-header. like:
<Location /somehost/>
ProxyPass ...
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Unix User Group or Sudo/Su
I am in a situation where I have to chose between unix user groups or sudo to tackle
an issue.
To give some background,
A Linux app is installed as user X. The installation copies some scripts and ...
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How do I copy a file/folder from another user's home directory in Linux?
I want to copy a file/folder from another user's home directory to my home directory in Linux.
I cannot access his directory, because it says permission denied. I'm 100% sure that a file can be ...
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How do I modify the short username in OS X?
I have modified my username from Supreeth to Sagar R Kothari. But I feel that it's not applied in most of the places where it's used.
The username Supreeth is found in each new project (e.g. project ...
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Assign Port to specific user
I need to be able to assign specific ports to a given user to listen at. Say I have user X, I want him to be able to only listen on port 500. User Y only on port 501. How can I do this? Im working on ...
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Is it standard practice to make a user's profile Documents and Settings and Local Setting Read Only and Hidden?
Is it common practice to make a user's profile Documents and Settings and Local Setting "Read Only" and "Hidden", e.g from a Systems Admin perspective? In my experience, this is rare, however I work ...
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How to SSH to localhost without password?
EDIT: Putting exactly what was done.
I need to SSH to localhost without a password, the usual way of doing it (with public keys) do not work.
user@PC:~$ rm -rf .ssh/*
user@PC:~$ ssh-keygen -t rsa ...
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Can I resume an existing vim process?
When I left work yesterday I left vim open with the files I was working on. I'm working from home today, so I VPN'ed in, and when I go to edit those same files, I get the warning that there's another ...
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Adding everyone to local group using vbscript
What would be an alternative in vbscript to
NET LOCALGROUP /ADD "Power Users" Everyone
I know how to add a single group or user but Everyone isn't found.
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Is Remote\username same as ComputerName\username or username in windows 7/xp?
Is there any difference if I log in as:
username
computername\username
remote\username
domainname\username
something\username
I want my computer to behave differently depending how I log in. Is ...
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Linux: Is there a non-root shell command to find if a user account is enabled or not?
Is there a non-root shell command that can tell me if a user's account is disabled or not?
Please note that there is a fine distinction between LOCKING and DISABLED:
LOCKING is where you prepend ! ...
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Permissions: Why do I always have to type 'sudo' before every command?
I'm editing theme files in a wordpress site owned by www-data:www-data as my main user 'oma'. Every time I create a file or edit one, I have to use the sudo command and it gets created as root:root. ...
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While adding a new user in Microsoft Office 365 stuck at a results step
Recently I have signed up for Microsoft Office 365 and while trying all different features of this product, I wanted to share some documents with my friend so I decided to add a new user.
I have ...
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Directory Group Issue?
I have a directory that needs to be owned by nginx user and I need to access it via other users in order to add/edit/delete files in it.
So I created a group called www and added both then chgrp -R ...
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Run Tomcat Service as Different User on Windows 7
I have installed Tomcat6 using the 32-bit/64-bit Windows Service Installer download version. In the setup instructions, it is recommended that "For optimal security, the service should be run as a ...
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Restrict user to delete 1 folder, add/change/delete files in that folder
I want to limit delete of a particular folder in the user's home folder
and to restrict any add/change/delete on files in that restricted directory.
/home/myuser
/home/myuser/_protected //no delete
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How will IPv6 impact everyday users? (World IPv6 Day)
With the current (one hour in at the moment) trial by all the big boys (Google, Facebook, Bing, Yahoo, etc.) I wondered how IPv6 will effect home users and the Internet as a whole.
Will the change ...
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My main User directory is gone, how can I get it back?
If I open up my hard drive and navigate to Users, my main account is not there. How can I get it back?
In retrospect I realize it has been gone for a while, but since it still appears in the Sidebar ...
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Create a Windows XP user from a linux partition
Long story short, someone repaired my brother's computer and set a password on his account, now we can't get in and can't contact the person who set the password.
Is it possible to create a Windows ...
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User activity monitoring open source software
I was wondering if there is open source project similar to this commercial product SpectorPro : http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/SpectorPro_Windows/entry.asp?refer=12080
I have been using it for ...
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How do I add user for AFP only in Ubuntu?
I have a HTPC with Ubuntu installed and I want to install AFP to simplify file sharing to my Macs on my home network. I assume I will have to add some users to Ubuntu and then use those in the setup ...
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run application as domain user from VPN
I am connected to a VPN as a domain user.
I would like to run a local application as the domain user from the VPN instead of my local workgroup user.
If i select run as different user and insert the ...
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Multiple concurrent users on a same physical machine [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I share a single computer among different users?
At home, I have 1 PC with 2 screens, 2 mice and 2 keyboards. What is the best way to enable concurrent ...
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XP Pro 5.1: User accounts give “”Your current security settings put your computer at risk" warning--why? Fix?
I'm the admin. When I log into my recently set up user session (there are two) the Win Security Center pops up a bar that says "Your current security settings put your computer at risk, click here..." ...
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Windows 7 other user
I want to know how to log on to a hidden account. I know that you can set it so that you will have to enter the username and password but I want the welcome screen that will show the usernames.
I ...
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Enable / Disable keys for individual users on Windows 7
Is there a way of enabling / disabling Shutdown, Switch User, Cntrl-Alt-Del, Restart etc., in all the various places for individual users, not all users, for ONE pc using Windows 7?
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Windows 7 Network using different user
following problem: I have a windows 7 box and alot of xp boxes. Every xp box supplies a network drive. But my windows 7 box signs in with some user that has not got any privileges.
Can I set a ...
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PowerShell - environment vars - differentiating between user and system vars
How can I display environment variables in PowerShell, and be able to distinguish between which ones are "user" vars and which ones are "system" vars?
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how do I see which user I am logged in as in MySQL?
I have multiple text console session open and log in as different users into different consoles. I forget after while which consoles belong to which user, it would be nice to not have to quit and log ...
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Explorer automatically opens new window
I just did a fresh install of Win7 and was having a few issues getting it to know that I wanted the %userprofile% to be E:. Now I finally have that fixed, but for some reason explorer opens all new ...
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How can I lock a limited access user from changing their own password in Windows 7?
My son needs to be logged into his own account but we restrict his usage by logging him in with a PW he doesn't know. He figured out he can change his password negating our control.
Is it possible ...
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How to change the default user location in windows 7 [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Moving users folder on Windows Vista/Seven to another partition
I have been looking around and I figured out how to change the default program files location to D:\ and ...
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Force an application to use 90% of the cpu, mac
a software that I downloaded is kinda running slow and I guess it could run a bit faster, so I wondered: Can you force an application to use 90% of the cpu (90% not 100% {leave 10% for other stuff})?
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Ubuntu: limiting user account only to access his home dir
I just created new user account, but the new user is able to access all the directories structure (including other's home directories). I'd like to limit the user to access ONLY his home directory ...
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Hide user from login screen without deactivating it
I have several network shares and created user accounts for the people who want to access them on my computer, so I can give every user different access rights.
My only problem is, these users are ...
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How can I work out which user is currently logged into a Windows 7 machine?
I have a machine running Windows 7 which I set up a long time ago to autmatically log into windows.
That's still working fine, but how can I work out the username of the currently logged in user when ...
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Can I make fast user switching in Windows 7 show a list of users?
Is there a way to "emulate" the fast user switching behaviour of Mac OS on Windows?
I'm already aware of the WIN+L shortcut, but is there a way to have Windows list the users and allowing one to ...
