The idea of groups exists across all major operating systems. Groups are objects that contain other objects, usually users. This allows for simplification of access control assignments when many people need access to the same resources.
Questions tagged [groups]
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Security group in ec2 linux instance need to be edited every time
I have created linux instance and installed wordpress on it. Every time I open my page after making change in code via commandline login , it shows this message -
The connection has timed out
The server at…
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how do I add an account into the built-in courier administrator group?
In the documentation it says that there is a built in administrators group, but how do i add an account to that administrator group
http://www.courier-mta.org/authlib/README_authlib.html
The access group name “administrators” is a reserved group.…
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Add ssh public key to group instead of users on centos 6.5
I am a newbie to linux administration.
I have a box with centos 6.5 x64.
Ive been configuring ssh access via public/private key.
Ive been wondering if I could add the public key to a user group instead of a user (in the /home/username…
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apache restrict directory based on unix group
I have an apache server hosting a website with three main directories. Currently two of the directories are restricted to a subset of users with a group file. But for the third directory, I need to allow all users in the Unix group "students" access…
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What system-wide changes can a user make?
I work in an organization that uses Faronics Deep Freeze to prevent users from making changes to the computer. I had always been under the impression that a standard user (a user who is only a member of the "Users" group) can't make any system-wide…
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Something removed a user's group memberships - How can I prevent this in the future?
I had a user say that he wasn't getting emails, so I got on the DC and made sure his account didn't have any obvious issues. I just happened to click on the Member of tab and saw that he was not a member of any group!
I added him back to the…
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To give access to users in group for individual OU's
I have 6 users in my user group and my job is to allow each user to allow access to different OU's and not to whole Domain. And also to provide RDP access. Can anyone help me with this?
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chmod apply to user group
I need to set the permissions of a dir so that a usergroup in my ubuntu-server has read/write permissions. I understand that I'm supposed to use chmod (right?), but how do I set the permissions to only apply to a single usergroup?
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How do you create a dynamic device group in Intune with membership based on the existence of a file?
How do you create a dynamic device group in Intune with membership based on the existence of a file? Within the add new group feature, I don't see a way to specify a file name, nor a way to utilize a script upon which to base the membership. Is it…
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Windows users and groups management software
I need software to manage a large number of groups for a FTP server. Ideally this software should also allow managing the associated NTFS rights for the folders on FTP (if they still match the definition for example, or propagate rights changes to…
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How many members can be added to a group in AD?
How many members can be added to a Security group in AD ? Nesting or members .The total count that a group can hold the AD users.
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CentOS root+nologin
Can I somehow get access to root account after changing /etc/passwd file?
Similar problems:
Lost root access possibility /sbin/nologin
How do I regain access to root after accidental chsh command that went bad?
But... without physical access to…
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Access to another user files
I have logged in as "userc". I need access to all the files that "usera" has. I have edited the following file,
vi /etc/group
usera:x:1000:userb,userc
But this does not seem to work.
I am still getting "permission denied" error. If I su to usera…
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