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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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Protecting Directories in a chroot'ed root fs

So we're trying to retrofit an older ftp drop off server that also doubles as a rsync endpoint. In each user chroot there's a directory structure that looks like this: /. ├─── usr/ ├─── lib/ └─── ...(customer data) Ideally we'd add a /data…
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Docker: cannot create directory ‘/opt/jfrog/artifactory/logs’: Permission denied

I am trying to configure a docker image to run with a mounted volume, for persistence. The image is the official artifactory one. It seems odd to me that it will stop after creating several directories with a "Permission denied". As I inspect the…
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Windows 10 Folder Permissions for Workgroup

I have a workgroup which has 3 computers in it. 1 of these is a Windows XP machine, the other 2 are Windows 10. There is a folder on one of the Windows 10 machines which I need all these computers to access. When I go into properties for that…
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Write errors because two different users could create a log file

I'm reasonably inexperienced with Linux/Ubuntu and struggling with what I thought would be a fairly simple permissions question. I'm running into problems where log files are being created as two different users, which can cause writing issues…
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Trouble with windows permissions

I've a folder, in which there is a file. I want user to have full control on a specific file, and should be denied every access to the other files. The first thing I did was to disable inheritance of permissions for this folder. Then I added Full…
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Give server accounts to webmasters

I create a system for multiple web masters for storing and serve their websites. They have their linux accounts and home directories. Their public_html folders are linked via ln -s command to webserver html directory /usr/share/nginx/html/ so they…
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Proper Way to Grant Permissions in PostgreSQL

I am new to PostgreSQL and am having a bit of trouble finding any information on how to grant a user permissions on the database that they own. I have read a few sources that says the owner has all permissions, but it doesn't seem to work for me. I…
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Permission to read a specific file with sudo

For reasons, I need to read /root/.ssh/authorized_keys with a user who hasn't the right to read it. Obviously, I can't change the rights (nor the ACL) of the file, because ssh wouldn't like it. I access to the file using Python: try: with…
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Debian - Allow only one user to login from any IP via ssh

I want to configure server so only one user (git) is able to login from any IP address (using key), the other users just from specified IPs. Currenly my configuration allows to login any user from just one specified IP. Here's what I have…
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Allowing "User" group members to install drivers

My problem is next. I am system admin in company of about 150 computers. All xp professional, all users. I can't afford to give anyone power user status because they're practically idiots, and will install all sorts of garbage. But, in one…
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How to grant a read-only access to a directory to a user on the command line?

I am trying to grant a read-only access to my temp directory to another user from the command line using icacls.exe. Tried the following (PowerShell): icacls.exe $env:TEMP /grant mydom\user:R icacls.exe $env:TEMP /grant…
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How to get full access to add services in AWS console

I need to set up EC2, RDS, and S3 on AWS for a project. The client wants the account to be in their name and they dont want to share their credentials (understandable). My goal is to give my client instructions on how to grant me access to create…
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Domain admin can't edit GPOs on DC

I have come across a weird situation. We have 3 domain controllers, 2 Server 2008 R2 & 1 Server 2008, in our single domain environment. When I login to one of the DCs, let's say DC1, with my domain admin account and access Group Policy Management…
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Group members cannot upload files

I have an interesting problem involving group permissions and possibly the setgid bit. A set of directories is set as the following: drwxrwsr-x 2 smith web-ww2 18 Oct 4 12:05 grids drwxrwsr-x 16 smith web-ww2 16 Oct 4 12:05 jpgs Here is an…
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user permissions in MariaDB

I have a MariaDB 10.1 instance (Debian GNU/Linux 9 testing/unstable). It is meant to be a local network database server and nothing else. For resons beyond the scope of this question, that server must not host anything else except the database…
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