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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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How to create untrusted user with ssh access

How can I create a user with ssh access but with only read access to their home directory and nothing else? I created a user and added it to a group but they still can ls /home/*. I'd like to give git read/write access using ssh but I don't want the…
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Is it possible to disallow writes to a sshfs mountpoint?

Is it possible to disallow remote servers from writing to a sshfs mounted folder, either on server or client side?
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How can I tell the source of an effective permission

I have a user that has read access to a folder. But they aren't in any AD groups that should have read access to that folder, the don't have explicit rights on the folder or any of the parents, nor are they an owner of the folder. However, they…
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ACL of Folders on Domain-joined Host for Local Account Holders

I have a domain-joined server, Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard, with a folder tree that is common to multiple users. Some users have domain accounts and some have only local Windows accounts. All users use Remote Desktop to access the server and…
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Retrieve local administrators on user login then write to network share

I've been given a problem that is outside of my wheelhouse and I'm not sure the best way to address it. The problem I'm trying to address is twofold: Remove accounts with administrator permissions that have no justification. Strip administrator…
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Change pureftpd mysql users default permissions

I would like to know how is it possible to change default permissions for MySQL Pureftpd users. I want to do that because I would like that my users can access a directory that belong to an other unix user without having the permission to write in…
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Copying files from one machine to several others, all on the same small network

I'm looking to automate a copying job that I usually do manually. I've never worked with scripting, and I have little networking knowledge, so it's entirely possible that the answer is simpler than I realize, but I've had no luck so far. The…
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How to disable Google compute engine from resetting SFTP folder permissions when using SSH-Key

Currently running a Google compute engine instance and using SFTP on the server. Followed details to lock a user to the SFTP path using steps listed here: https://bensmann.no/restrict-sftp-users-to-home-folder/ To lock the user to a directory, the…
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/bin and /usr/bin set to 400, way to fix without live disk?

We have a minor disaster on a Centos7 system. A bug in a config script recursively set /, /bin, and /usr/bin, to 400 permissions. This means that basic commands like, chmod, mount, and almost everything else is un-executable. I'm pretty confident I…
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RpcSs - OpenService Error : 5 Access is denied

To run SQL Server Engine under a domain account (that is not a local admin) requires multiple permissions, including "Permission to read the Remote Procedure Call service" From internet searches we have gathered for subinacl QSETIL is desired for…
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Docker COPY and effect on permissions?

I'm modifying an existing docker image which was originally as follows: FROM puppet/puppetserver-standalone:2.7.2 ENV PUPPETDB_TERMINUS_VERSION="4.3.0" RUN apt-get update && \ apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y…
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Shared folder, deny user from deleting files

I have a shared folder in my network under windows server 2012 r2, I have 1 user that I would like to deny him from deleting any files on the folder. The problem is that he is part of a group that has access to modify the folder. Folder 'test' (…
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Proper permissions on FreeBSD with nginx and php for multiple users

I am trying to set up a multi-user FreeBSD server using nginx. Here are my steps so far: In my /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf file I set user www www; so that nginx acts as the www user, part of the www group. I also set user = www and group = www…
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How to allow a vsftpd to write to a folder other than default `/files`?

I'm new to FTP and I've been following this DigitalOcean tutorial. Everything works great except that a user (at least in FileZilla) cannot write to the root of his /home/user/ftp folder, only /home/user/ftp/files. An attempt to create in the root…
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IIS7 running a site under a limited user account

Can I run a site on my server under a user account that can't access any other sites or folders apart from its own and its children?
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