Questions tagged [user-management]
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How to rename my own username without admin access on Linux?
I want to rename my own username and directory without creating additional users with sudo privileges or switching to root. Is that possible from cli?
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New user in Debian 10 got no Applications Menu nore any bars
I created a new user in my Debian 10 xfce 4, but it got no menu of applications, no bars above and below, just the desktop. I used the simple command adduser [username].
I really need an GUI solution ...
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Require password instead of pin for admin
Me and my family share a computer and they need to be able to login to my account (with a pin). I was wondering if I could require a password for admin privileges instead of an option to enter a pin. ...
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should you create a separate user account for each user of a system or using one for everyone sufficient
As I have noticed many times, when there's some Linux system in a company it usually has one user account and everybody that needs to do some changes on the system, then uses that account. So over ...
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SSH key management in big and mixed environments (Linux) [closed]
In every company I worked at it was always pain in the ass to manage ssh keys. We had different ways of managing them. But mostly it were some CM systems like puppet/chef/ansible or just manual copy ...
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Encrypting Files on Windows 10
I'd like to encrypt a folder on Windows 10. (Full disc encryption doesn't seem possible as the computer has been set up to dual-boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint.)
I need two users to be able to access ...
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Restore deleted Mac user to another Mac
When I delete a user in Mac OS Sierra, I get the option to 'Save the home folder in a disk image'. Is that image portable to other Macs? Is there a restore function to create the user again on this ...
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Windows 10: Two user accouts with the same profile folder
I would like to know if its possible to have two Windows 10 user accounts share the same profile folder?
My workstation has currently only one user account (Admin) and i would like to create another ...
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Prevent Temp user creation in windows
Windows creating temp profile every time when I login to the PC. The pc has more than one user. I am facing this problem in many Windows 10 and Server 2012 PC's. The temp profile creation is not found ...
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Remove delete option on FiIleZilla Server
Is there a way to remove or grey out the Delete option from the list in the screenshot below, so that no user can delete files from the server or client?
Here is the user list; I want to remove those ...
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Can Linux cache domain user credentials?
I want to centrally manage users on my small network at home, preferably in a mixed Windows/Linux environment. (I'm transitioning to Linux to avoid Windows 10.)
Is it possible to cache users on a ...
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Can a person work on two user accounts simultaneously
Can I run two user accounts simultaneously in windows and work simultaneously? I have windows 7, 8.1 and 10.
I have got few applications (calling and remote tracking software) that I use everyday in ...
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Using Windows 7 VPN Server, can I block access to individual IP addresses?
I configured incoming VPN connections on my Windows 7 machine and I want clients that connect to not be able to access computers and other network resources that are part of the same internal network. ...
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Launch Google Chrome into new User Manager on startup
Recently, Google has introduced a new User Manager feature on the desktop versions of Chrome. It looks a little something like this
As my parents have to deal with multiple Google accounts, instead ...
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Windows 8.1 and totally denied access to all users and administrators
I lost control over one whole disc. I called icacls and denied all access on g:\ to Everyone. But then - every call of icacls fails with the access denied message. Neither owner nor any administrator ...
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changing account name doesn't change folder name
I had an account named "Name". If I went into cmd with this account the default home directory was C:\Users\Name. Now that I've renamed this account to "Main User" the default home directory is still ...
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Why user becomes nobody?
I have a problem about linux user,
I use a command to add user like:
useradd -u 532 -d /data/test01 -g test test01
but when I login as test01 and run mkdir x,
it becomes like:
nobody test x
Why ...
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How to migrate the password of a user to another server?
I'm migrating users from an old server to a new one. It's only a few users, we want to migrate only the active ones and reorganize groups in the process, so I'm doing it manually. One problem remains: ...
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What's the difference between "adduser" and "useradd"?
I wonder: Why are there these two commands on Debian Linux, with very similar names and functionality? This has always been confusing for me.
Is any of them superior to another?
Why aren't they ...
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non-privileged normal user passing environment variables to /bin/login [closed]
Suppose that in FreeBSD (or linux maybe) there is a non-privileged normal user (non-superuser). And there is a telnet standalone (I know that telnet is usually run under inetd) running under (owned by)...
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A special user does not appear in Windows login screen
In the list of users (under Local Users and Groups in my Windows 7) I have an ASPNET user (its description says "Account used for running the ASP.NET worker process (aspnet_wp.exe)" and its full name ...
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Letting work laptop and home desktop access each other
I have a laptop I got from work. Its user belongs to a work domain. At home, I also have a desktop PC, that does not belong to any network. I'd like to let each one access certain folders on the other,...
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Disable welcome messages for iPhoto 11 and iTunes 10 using MCX
I would like to stop the initial startup screens appearing for iPhoto 11 and iTunes 10. There is Welcome screen for iPhoto and an Tutorials screen for iPhoto. Does anyone know what MCX keys I need to ...
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Remove second password from Windows7 operation
I am login into Windows7 as a user from Administrator group.
Still, I am required to type user/password of administrator for every administrative operation I am doing. So I have to type the same user/...
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Limit user to one CPU core in Windows 7
I let my family members use my pc over rdp to play their flash-based games as their laptops overheat if they use them directly. I have it setup so I can use the pc at the same time as them. The pc has ...
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How to have many linux groups and many users in groups in linux + active directory network
We just discovered that each linux group can hold only max users up to 1024 characters (/etc/groups line length).
My coworker set up ActiveDirectory and wants to map the groups and users (ca.2500) to ...
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Windows Vista C: drive full - how to clear - what to clear?
My C: drive is full and I need to clear some space. I'm running Windows Vista.
Below is my disk space break down for my C: drive:
Which files can I safely delete?
Below is the break down for my ...
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What desktop setup do you recommend for my totally newbie parents? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you setup your parent’s computer ?
My parents have never used a computer. Not many left of them in the rich part of the world...
But lately despite of their age ...
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User Unable to Log Into Windows 7
I have the latest RC release of Windows 7. Added a Homegroup and all is fine.
I am not on a domain but a Workgroup (by default). My computer name is QuadHomePC and user name is Paul.
I set up my ...
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