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In computing, permissions (often called "privileges," "access rights" or just "rights") are rules associated with objects on a computer or network. Permissions determine which objects can access which objects, and to what extent.

In computing, permissions (often called "privileges," "access rights" or just "rights") are rules associated with objects on a computer or network. Permissions determine which objects can access which objects, and to what extent.

For example, file permissions are rules placed on a filesystem object defining which accounts are allowed to access the object, and what actions those accounts can take on the object, such as read, write and/or delete.

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Cisco Router: ran 'no enable password'; 'enable' still asks for a password

I have a Cisco router (it's hard to access physically so I can't tell you the model) being used as a NAT without a firewall (inside the network in such a way that that does not pose a security thread) and not as a gateway at all. I configure it by…
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How to change the group, excluding a directory

We are using AWS S3 Buckets, and when you attempt to do a recursive chgrp, it churns on the S3 bucket (essentially) indefinitely. Is it possible to execute chgrp while excluding a directory?
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Remote Server Administration Tools - Granular permission

Currently my IPAM server is on a server which does more than just IPAM - I would like to allow level 1 and 2 technicians some access to the IPAM server via RSAT, but I can't find any information on allowing only permissions to administering that…
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Web.config file permissions

I would like to lock down the web.config file as much as possible, so that as few accounts as necessary can read the file. I saw the list here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178699.aspx but allowing the Users group read permission on the…
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Permission Denied (Publickey) from OS X to Ubuntu

I know this question has been asked more than a few times, but I can't work it out on my machine and I feel like I have tried everything. I want to log into my ubuntu machine with ssh using a public key from my machine - so that I do not have to…
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SELinux - first attempt to restrict file by type - fails to fail

I have a Centos 6 Linux box. I read tutorials on SELinux and wanted to try it out. Here are steps I followed, set SELINUX=enforcing in /etc/selinux/config turned on SELINUX with setenforce 1 service httpd restart changed type on a php script…
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What does a new user object in an AD domain have access to by default?

Background: An application requires that user objects be created to contain various users' information. These user objects exist for their data only, and the user objects should not be able to log in, have access to files, or do anything whatsoever.…
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Windows network folder directory list inconsistent when viewed from two different client machines

I am on a corporate network using Windows. There is a network share provided by a NetApp appliance. When I log on to two different machines and view the network drive, I see inconsistent directory listings. From one client machine I see T:\test as…
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Read only permissions on some Linux logs

I would like to limit a certain user (let's call it logger) to be able to only read some (not all) logfile (web, php framework, radius,etc).I am not sure how to do it the "best" way. So far I have a chrooted sftp account for my user and I bind mount…
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Spamassassin cannot write files to disk

I am running spamassassin on Ubuntu 14.04 as root. When I am calling any of the methods, such as Check or ReportSpam, I am also passing in another user that the check should be run as. However I get a permissions issue spamd: Can't locate…
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How to change permission of users in RDS?

We have created a MySQL RDS instance on AWS called "lolbob" and while dumping our data over port 3306 using the user that was created during instance creation (also called "lolbob") it fails because we have some stored procedures that require the…
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freebsd cannot start mysql for the first time

I am having the same issue as this person serverfault link but the solution completely does not work for me. I cannot start mysql5.5 for the very first time. At first start of mysql with cd /usr/local ; /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe & other…
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Minimal required user permissions for running MS CRM

We have several M$ CRM instances running. Each one has its own dedicated SQL Server instance. The permissions are set up in accordance with the Microsoft recommendations for setting up MS CRM. However, I can't find any documentation regarding…
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Is using su to drop root in shell scripts a security risk?

When searching for how to drop root permissions in shell scripts, I often see answers using su. However, when you're done using su you can just type logout and be back at the shell of the original user. I have a bash script running as root, and I do…
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Can't grant MySQL privileges to Debian system maintenance user

I have a dedicated Debian 7 server running multiple websites with MySQL as the database server. When I tried to install the latest updates, MySQL couldn't be updated because the server failed to stop. I found someone with similar symptoms in this…
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