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Most current file systems have methods of administering permissions or access rights for specific users and groups of users. These systems control the ability of the users to view or modify the contents of the filesystem.

Permissions on Unix-like systems are managed in three distinct classes. These classes are known as user, group, and others.

Permissions on Windows systems can be granted to users, groups, computers, or other built-in security principals such as SELF or CREATOR OWNER.

Permissions are generally configured in an Access Control List (ACL, pronounced ackle) with each entry in the list being referred to as an Access Control Entry (ACE).

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Windows Permissions - correct permissions for user documents

I am having problems with my user documents folders. We store all our userdocs folders on a windows server 2008 file server. As domain admin I can see the different usersdocs folders, but without changing the owner of the folder I can't see the sub…
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Windows Domain Controller "Security Folder" Permissions

anybody know if on %WindowsPath%\security the "Authenticated Users" and "Server Operators" must have "Traverse Folder" permissions on a Domain Controller (Windows 2003). An external audit over my company observed that I not sure if they are right.…
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Setup PHP Permission under Apache

what i am trying to acomplish is to have a php page execute a shell command and display the output on the web page. the code for the page is something along the lines of when i load up this page all i see…
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Wizard or script to assign folder permissions

I'm new to server support; spending most of my time in desktop support. I've been given a request to add read-only access to a list of subfolders on a Windows 2003 Server. Rather than adding the user into the security tab of each folder, is there a…
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Permission denied to go to home directory

I recently copied a file as the root user to my users's home directory. Ever since that my user has not been able to go to its home directory because "permission is denied". I have already chowned the directory so that it is owned by the user but…
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File permissions question

I just switched my site's server from Windows to Linux, and am finally able to control file permissions from my ftp. So, seeing that all permissions were 705 by default (and not wanting just anyone to have permission to execute), I went and changed…
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Stupid question about server permissions

Thanks for reading. I have a share on a 2003 server that I would like to share with some of my domain users. The share is currently empty, so n worries about permissions of subfiles/folders. I have set it up with permissions as follows: AccessGroup…
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Allow PHP script to modify all sites on a server

I have a bunch of sites on a standard HostGator Dedicated server. I would like to run PHP scripts that can access and make changes (add, update, delete files and directories) to the file structure of every single site on this server. What would I…
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Ubuntu : Need to do file operations without root permissions

I need to let unpriviledged user change ownership of files or create node files on Ubuntu system. I have looked into fakeroot but that did not work. Maybe need to use a jail chroot ? Looking for anything like customizing user permissions, a script…
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CHMOD Permissions for folders

I seem to have a problem when trying to set permissions for my files since I try to set some permissions for my folders on the server. I've tried setting the permissions to 666 but I can still be able to view the files in the directory I access to.…
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Wordpress permission problem

I'm hosting wordpress on a shared hosting environment. Somehow it would not let me edit and update the file inside wordpress theme editor(the 'update file' button is missing) and wordpress gives me this: You need to make this file writable …
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file won't upload unless i change the file permission to 0777 on my server

i am unaware on the cons and pros of giving the directory permission to 0777, and i have left with no choice but to use the 0777 file permission to upload files on my server through my application. the following file permission works for me to…
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CMOD 755 is not possible

If CMOD 755 is not possible and 767 is not either, what is the next best permission? So far I have checked 775 and it works, but is it safe? It is an upload directory and the only people uploading to it are a select few of admins (ie not worries…
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How do I set permissions to restart a program via cron?

I'm trying to get a couple of programs to restart via cron every x hours (like for example syslog-ng using "/etc/init.d/syslog-ng restart"). However, the following always gets returned: Stopping syslog-ng: [FAILED] rm: cannot remove…
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Deleting a file created with a SELECT ... INTO OUTFILE

I am trying to delete a file created with a SELECT ... INTO OUTFILE statement into the /tmp directory The file belongs to the mysql user (who doesn't have a login shell). I have administrative privileges on the database (i.e. I can login into mysql…
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