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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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Can't read file even though permissions are correct

I have a dir with read permissions for ssl-cert: root@yellowstone:~/certs# ls -lah total 28K drwxr-x--- 2 root ssl-cert 4.0K Oct 23 16:58 . drwx------ 7 root root 4.0K Oct 23 17:20 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root ssl-cert 2.0K Oct 23 16:58…
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Read/write permissions for /var/www?

I've got a Debian 8 server running where /var/www is owned by www-data and has the permissions drwxr-xr-x for both, files and subdirectories. Since I need to upload files via SFTP (public/private key authentication; password and non-encrypted FTP is…
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.htaccess not locating file

I'm trying to move a client's site to a new server. mod_rewrite is definitely enabled. Test address is http://176.32.230.45/hubbwayhire.co.uk/ which loads fine. http://176.32.230.45/hubbwayhire.co.uk/about.php also loads fine. I have this in…
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Windows\Temp large amounts of cab_XXXX files -- Can't delete

In regards to this: Windows\Temp large amounts of cab_XXXX files I can't delete the files. I'm trying to do a shift delete but there are files randomly scattered in there that are locked out by permissions. I tried running powershell as…
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Linux server with multiple native (ssh) users - permission recommendations

I have a Debian server that some people should be able to ssh to. [Edit]: Meaning use the software on that server. Execute whatever user-targeted programs installed on it. E.g. run elinks, mc, gcc or firefox per x-forwarding. Important I am not…
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Folder Effective Permissions Not Accurate

I have a folder on a Windows Server Standard 2008 that is shared. There is a user that I need to restrict access to this folder. They connect over VPN. When I look at the Effective Permissions, this user has no listed permissions, but when they…
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Allowing a single regular user of an AD domain to run a specific software as administrator

this is my first post here so i hope i won't do mistakes going OOT. I manage a local network running a WinSrv 2012 as DC. I have my gpo setted having 2 main groups, employees and superusers. The employees have just regular privileges, the super…
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how to create a SQL user having read write access to the existing dbs and newly created dbs

How to setup a read write privileged user in SQL Server so that that user has read write access to the newly created database automatically. This should be apply to all user databases - including those already created or just newly created ones
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Window Server Directory Permissions - Read-only folder w/full control subfolders

We have a directory on our Windows Server 2003 file server that contains subfolders for each one of our clients. These are sub-divided alphabetically, so for example, we have a folder named "Clients A-C", etc. Problem is, some users have a bad…
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allow file attributes to be read without allowing content to be read

I have a shared folder with with files separated into folders by department (e.g. accounting, IT, etc.) and have permissions set up so people who need to can access those folders. Is there a way to allow a user (i.e. the IIS APPPOOL user for our…
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Enable wordpress to install content via vsftpd

I installed Wordpress on an Amazon EC2 instance, and have trouble enabling WP to install themes, plugins etc. For example, theme installation failed with: Installation failed: Could not copy file. harmonic/404.php I use vsftpd and have created a…
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Owner can't read /proc/$pid/io

On CentOS 7, I am trying to debug an issue where the nginx amplify agent cannot read /proc/$pid/io even though it is owned by the proper user. One of the nginx worker processes right now is pid 5693: # ps aux | grep 5693 nginx 5693 0.5 0.0…
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Windows Server authentication precedence within domain but between sites

My overall goal for the following was to understand which domain servers (local or primary) actually control authentication for a share or folder. I'll start by describing my setup: 2 sites, A and B Site A: The primary domain controller…
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can't set permissions from AD on samba share on host

So I have been searching for a few days to set up this "easy" thing. I want to have a file server where users can login with there domain name (domain\name) and password. The server should give them access to a single directory based on their name.…
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Disallow JVM system security policy settings override

I've defined some parameters to file /usr/lib/jvm/jre-8-oracle-x64/lib/security/java.security to comply JAVA security settings with our security policy. Some parameter I have edited…
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