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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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What's the name of this windows feature?

I'm trying to find the name and documentation of an old windows feature I believe it was present in Windows Vista. All I can remember is this. When you or an application tries to write to a file that doesn't have enough permissions to write, Windows…
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Group Policy: Administrator Rights for Specific Users on Specific Computers

I'm a programmer stuck trying to administer an Active Directory setup for a small company. The Domain Controller is running Windows Small Business Server 2008. We have a staff of field workers using tablet PC's; configuration problems with the…
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ubuntu: let a user run a script with root permissions

I have ubuntu 8.04 and I want to write a bash script that runs as root which every user can run. I myself can do sudo. How do I do that? CLARIFICATION: I don't want to do it with sudo, because then users will have to type their password. I just want…
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What is the "+" in "drwxrwsr-x+"

I'm working a website we maintain, and I use Capistrano to deploy. I've kind of inherited the stuff, so I'm not the one who set everything up. When I deploy to the server, it fails and nothing is updated. Since file permissions usually are the…
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Resetting NTFS Permissions Disk Wide

Someone messed up majorly in setting permissions on an NTFS drive and I'm looking at a way to reset all permissions to default. The OS will be reinstalled but I'm trying to salvage data from their user directories. None of the data is encrypted at…
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Cron: Permission denied on everything

As a regular user I can't edit my cron settings. I get a "permission denied" for everything: listing the cron commands or editing them. Example: cron -l cron: can't open or create /var/run/crond.pid: Permission denied crontab…
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How to get full control of umask/PAM/permissions?

// Updated Feb 8 - Outstanding issues in brief: How to umask directories differently from files? How to umask on Nautilus copy/paste? How to set umask for SSHFS? OUR SITUATION Several people from our company log in to a server and upload files.…
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How to copy user privileges with MySQL?

I have a MySQL installation with many databases and users that I need to migrate to a new MySQL installation. I can use phpMyAdmin to export then import the databases/tables, but I don't know of anything to move the users and permissions. How can I…
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How to setup a central repository on a Windows 2008 server

I would like to setup a central Mecurial repository on a Windows 2008 server which only allows both push and pull access to certain users. This is to allow developers working remotely to push/pull changes through the central repository while…
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How can I override group policy using a local administrator account?

I have local administrator access on my machine but somehow still can't change the screensaver setting. I believe it is being disabled by group policy somehow, is there a way to override this?
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What is the best way to fix NTFS file permissions to inherit parent?

When XP clients move files on the same volume, the permissions are moved with it. With Windows 7 clients and up, when a file is moved, the permissions are inherited. Unfortunately, we still have a lot of Windows XP clients which after time causes…
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vsftpd - PAM - MySQL and pam_mkhomedir to create directories

I've been successfully using vsftpd with virtual users connecting with PAM to my mysql DB. Now I'd like to automate creation of user directories with successful vsftpd connection. Here is /etc/pam.d/vsftpd configuration: #%PAM-1.0 session …
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Using chown to change the group owner of a directory is not permitted....Why?

I am trying to execute chown on a directory that has the following permissions and owners: drwxrwxr-x 2 justin devs 4096 Jan 1 20:42 test I am trying to simply execute the following as the justin user: chown justin:nginx test So basically just…
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Permissions to create an spn

According to some of the documentation I've read the service account for SQL server will create an SPN when the database engine starts up, allowing for kerberos authentication. I haven't been able to find any documentation that states what…
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Linux NFS create mask and force user equivalent

I have two Linux servers: fileserver Debian 5.0.3 (2.6.26-2-686) Samba version 3.4.2 apache Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (2.6.32-23-generic) Apache 2.2.14 I have a number of Samba shares on fileserver so that I can access files from Windows PCs. I am also…
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