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A user is a person who uses a computer or network service.

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Can .profile file be deleted in a Linux system?

I recently added a user account in linux system. The system created a folder with the user name and also a file called .profile within the folder. My question is this. Can it be deleted and the user ...
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I added a standard user but I can't switch user or bring up an option to log into standard user

I have an administrator account on Windows 10. I added a standard user. However, I never get an option to sign in to the standard user. On bootup, only an administrator login screen comes up. On ...
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Windows 10 laptop is loading the wrong desktop every time it reboots

After rebooting a laptop, the entire desktop changed to a different one and many apps got uninstalled. From what I've been able to gather from my friend, it seems like they forced it off by holding ...
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How to uncompress files "user" in c drive

So I did this thing without knowing the consequences. I went to the local c drive > User folder > left click the file > attributes > Click advanced > clicked "compress content to ...
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create a single task user in windows

I have a program that I want to run automatically whenever a specific user logs in to their Windows account. Additionally, I only want my program to run and nothing else, like the desktop or Windows ...
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How to restore the local drive "C:\" to it's default permissions?

I changed my permissions on local drive c:\ and now many applications/system things not working properly. i was wondering how can I restore How to restore the local drive "C:" to it's ...
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Azure database for postgresql: change the owner of a table without using the super user

I'm working on a PostgreSQL v10 Database created in Azure. This database has several users including: myuser: user used by a web application. Has limited powers; myadmin: admin user created by azure ...
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How is the user function in windows meant to be used? In public PCs should i log in with my windows(outlook) account? Or it was not intended for this?

I have windows 11 22h2. I've my outlook user account. I was wondering how should I use it when using friend's PC, public PC? Should I log in to my windows username? or is it not intended to be used ...
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Why isn’t any Windows 10 Pro autologon method working?

I have setup a Windows 10 Pro computer with local GPO and registry edits that is meant to be used only for internet browsing. So, I configured it with two local user accounts besides the main ...
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Use custom user ID without having a user

I want to use a custom user ID and group ID on demand without changing or even having a user account with this ID. Using Docker this can be done easily: > docker run -it --rm -u 10000:10000 bash ...
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Logout from NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM user?

I was trying to troubleshoot one of our client's computer and restart it. For some reason, it logged in automatically to nt authority\system and i'm not sure how to log it out and come back to its ...
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What linux user does eclipse run Linux commands as?

Linux running as user x executes Linux commands using runtime.exec. What user does the command run as and how can one tell? Yes. Eclipse running as root won't execute sudo -n commands passed into java ...
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Have Excel move user input into another sheet and clear the original sheet

I did quite some looking around trying to find a solution for this but came up empty. What we are trying to do is build an excel file that basically has 3 sections. We want to use it to monitor the ...
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Automatically run as a different user, using the special interface

I want to run a program as a different Windows user, protected by a password. Now, in my company, there is a single-sign-on system where if you can enter a PIN attached to your email, it will ...
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What is the user logon id 0xe37 in event logs

I have a lot of event logs where the user logon id is 0xe37 or 0xE37. I am under the impression that a logon id changes after a reboot. Many of these logs are stating that a query into an account with ...
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How to ssh into win10 using an azure user (an Azure AD domain user)? is there a "correct way" to write this user on the ssh command?

I already installed the optional OpenSSH client and server, I made it a service, but I cant log in. I have done this same steps on three laptops, two of them work at the first try, last one didn't. ...
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How do I abort Windows signoff (while signing off)

During a maintenance task on our Windows 2016 server, something triggered the user from being signed off. The problem is that this user is running business critical software (as user). This software ...
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I want to run 7z from a github action runner with a different user/password

I am running 7zip to zip some files in an app server as part of a github action. the github action runner does not have access to the server I am zipping , can I run 7z as a different user which has ...
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Wrong User OWNER on folder or file: docker run -v <host_path_dir_file>:<docker_some_path_dir_file>/ -- Not working for user defined in Dockerfile

Host OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.9 (Maipo) Guest OS i.e. a Docker container running: OpenSuse 15.2 Docker Version (on Host): Docker version 19.03.5, build 633a0ea On host, when I git ...
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Powershell script to get and send all Jenkins job's details for last 15 days as attachment

I am new on Jenkins and I wants powershell script to get the details of all jobs of Jenkins for last 15 days. I will send that details of Jenkin's jobs over mail to my Manager. I have tried below ...
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Creating a club in Clubhouse for Win10 Club fails with error "Sorry, you can not create a club yet"

I have installed the Clubhouse app for Win 10 app I have my second user in clubhouse, so I am trying to make one club in it and get the below error: Sorry, you can not create a club yet If possible, ...
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Can i change windows registry where wslvar username is stored?

After i renamed my user and its folder $(wslvar USERNAME) still returns old one need help how to change that registry key. I tried unchecking wsl in features and chacking back on but did not helped
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Mac OS X, how to add a Domain user to a Local Group?

Trying to add Active Directory domain users to a local group in Mac OS X. The Mac is bound to the domain. The group of users is not a group on the domain, so I created a local group, but need to add ...
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Userid variable issue

I got 2 commands issue if let say my userid = testing computer it will grab testing instead of testing computer. If my userid = testing i have no issue with it. Anyone can assist how can I fix this to ...
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How to find all files in subfolders that user does not have full access to?

I am looking for a command that will list me all files that a certain user, e.g. "userA" does NOT have full access rights to. All files in all subfolders. Is this possible? Background: at ...
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How can i give permission to a user, so can write, read and delete on all the folders?

I am configuring a server with dirrent aplications on it, but for accessing by ftp, i can't use root user, so i made another one to acces from filezilla, but i noticed that i have no permission to ...
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User Account Missing

I am on Windows 10, and I performed a Windows Update, and then after the computer restarted, my user account was empty, all my personal files are gone, nothing in the documents, desktop, downloads. It ...
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Accesssing, reading and writing other user's file and directory as my own

There are other answers like: centos - Linux: Create a user than can access other users' files - Super User, but they don't talk about accessing those files from GUI application. My question is more ...
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Is it possible to modify a "human" user so that it becomes a system user on Ubuntu?

I followed a guide to set up etherpad-lite on my ubuntu server (https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-etherpad-on-ubuntu-18-04/). At one point, I had to create a new user with sudo adduser --...
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Windows XP recreating deleted profiles and not booting properly

I stumbled upon a Windows XP drive that needed repairing a while back, and after months of troubleshooting, I got it working. I created a fresh install and then manually placed in each folder from the ...
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Need help removing Microsoft account and then adding it back

I recently got my laptop back from the repair man after the drive went out and I lost all my things. When he set up the new drive, he created a user to log in with, which had the name “User”. I got on ...
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How to switch user while still seeing the running applications in Windows 10

The usecase is, to switch the user during a shift change while still seeing the critical application running on the screen. OS W10. Is there any possible/ imaginable way to achieve this? Not speaking ...
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Windows 10 - Default user privacy settings

Scenario: I have a Windows 10 machine set up with one local user account. I then want to add another user account but I want the new user account to go right to the desktop the very first time it logs ...
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User and virtual environment in ubuntu linux

Hi I'm new to linux and currently I'm using ubuntu as my linux distribution. Right now I'm confused about user in ubuntu and search online about it. I found article about it in digital ocean that says ...
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I want to revert deleted Authentified Users in some hard drive partition in Windows

As we can see I deleted the entry of 'Authenticated Users' and 'Users' from the security tab in C: local properties. I can still use every installed program on the PC, but unable to access C:, the ...
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Can’t access my files

I cannot access my main user in Windows , so I can’t access my files or applications . I’ve linked a video describing the problem . https://photos.app.goo.gl/St9Df3LuKWUmQFc57 Well, basically it is ...
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How can I change the name of a windows user on my computer without creating a new local user? [duplicate]

I've been trying to find a way to change the name of a windows user on my windows 10 computer. I want to do this because it cut off the last letter of my name. Just say my name is "George", ...
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Cipher + Public key - S/MIME implementation on MS Outlook

I'm trying to understand the S/MIME implementation, and maybe I'm wrong. I'm so stuck that I will try to explain ... Sign a mail works as I thought it would work. But, I supposed that when you send a ...
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privilege administrator for one app in windows 10

I have a user with standard access on the domain network This user is using software that requires admin privilege to the system What should I do if the user only runs this program with administrator ...
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Can you limit RAM, CPU usage on a shared computer per user?

We have a computer that we share. As an example, user A logs in starts a process and it uses 80% of the RAM and 70% of the CPU. When user B logs in they can only use 20% of the RAM and 30% of the CPU. ...
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Risk of Windows 10 with no password [closed]

What are the risks of not setting up a password for the admin user (the only user) in Windows 10? Besides physical attacks, are there any network vulnerabilities? Or maybe encrypted data is more ...
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Windows 7 login screen doesnt show user and password field

All it shows is a black background with ease of access, wondows logo and shut down button on the bottom with the mouse cursor controllable, same thing on safe mode. It started when I downloaded a ...
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Run Windows 10 explorer as another user

When I am running a command prompt as another user and launch explorer.exe, it briefly shows as the other user, terminates, and runs as the current user. Is there a way to run it as another user?
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Determine disk usage by user across linux directories

I am a non admin user of a linux server, where multiple users/employees store data. When we run out of disk space (i.e. when we notice data transfer failure etc..), someone of us runs a df command to ...
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Get the default user name from a script run with sudo

I need to get this user name for my scripts that need to execute some commands without sudo with sudo -u username foo. But I need this username from the scripts executed with sudo. How can I achieve ...
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Will Windows 10 work in my computer?

Will Windows 10 work in my computer? Now using Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1, Processor is Intel Core [email protected],RAM is 12GB, hard disk space-20GB for 64 bit OS, Graphics card is AMD ...
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How to reset or clear user profile in Windows 10 from command line?

I'll have to use shared user profile which is on Domain. I would like to clear/reset the profile to default settings so it will be like a new profile when user logs in. How can I do this from command ...
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Find out user who mounted a device in linux

Is it possible to find out in linux which user mounted a certain device? After trying google I didn't find much information about this. I need to keep track about who mounted the ISO file which is ...
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How to install application on Windows 10 exclusively for users with a normal account?

I have installation for app(.exe) file and when i run it, it displays Yellow User Account Control dialog. But i don't know and I can't find way to run this installation file and install the ...
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What is the best way to pass an Excel range to a user defined function?

I pass a big range from an Excel spreadsheet to the parameter ExcelRange of a user-defined function (UDF) written in VBA. I can declare the parameter ExcelRange As Range and then convert it to ...
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