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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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Server 2008 R2 permissions not working

First of all: i posted this yesterday but put in the wrong email so I can't access it again. I am configuring a 2008 R2 server for learning experience. The problem I'm having is the following: Current situation: I created 5 Users, put the users in a…
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Directory permissions for user account linux

I am setting up a shared folder between several users on a Amazon AMI (details at the bottom). I am trying to get the folder shared with one user in particular which isnt working. My idea was to create a user group called "repository" which I would…
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Is there an Effective Permissions option for "Administrators" group on a Windows server?

A file or a folder in a Windows server has the option of Effective Permissions or Effective Access where you can provide an user or a group and it will check what kind of permissions this user has. Is there this option for the server Administrators?…
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Different Permissions for different files / folders with bindfs

I'm following this guide: link on how to use bindfs. I have a question however. The guide only mentions broadsweep permissions for all files, however if I want seperate permissions (644 for files, and 755 for folders), how would I go by doing this…
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Allow access in home directory for apache but not other users?

I build a website that automatically manages a dedicated server. It does all sorts of things like creating users and apache settings to point to their home directory. The home directories host game binaries, and the home folder can be accessed from…
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"Access denied to 'X:\mydir\'. Failed to start monitoring file changes"

I've knocked up a simple web application that lists all files or a particular type in a particular folder and renders them as a series of LinkButtons in a ListView control - when the user clicks on a LinkButton, the relevant file is streamed to the…
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Can't upload files in redmine (using centos 7)

I installed redmine 2.6.6.stable in a centos 7 vm (kernel 3.10.0-229.7.2.el7.x86_64). So far it's fine, but I'm currently unable to upload files. Googling around I found out that the Passenger writes these files…
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Safe to run backup script as root? or other way to aproach privileges?

I'm writing a backup script in BASH on a linux machine (gentoo) The script will backup all folders in a certain directory. The folders will have varying privileges and belong to different users and groups. In order to make sure my backup script has…
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How to create a file root user can't delete

On Linux systems, I have a file I want to preserve from (even accidental) deletion. How can I create a file even the root user can't delete? For instance, by trying: # touch file # chmod 000 file # chown : file # rm file root…
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Tracing inheritable permission in Active Directory

I have a bunch of IDs which has write access to a particular OU in Active Directory. This access is inherited through security groups. Due to the large number of security groups these IDs are in, I can't determine which one provided the write…
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Issue with permissions on MongoDB data directory

TL;DR: MongoDB complains about permissions on a directory where everything is allowed. I am running MongoDB v2.4.10 on Debian Jessie ARM. I'd like to store data on an external drive, which is formatted to ext4 and mounted via /etc/fstab with the…
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List all who have exchange admin access?

Is there a way to list all accounts that have Exchange (Exchange 2010, if it helps) admin access ? Thank you.
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vSphere folder permissions

How do i set permissions on a folder to see al VM's in that folder but do NOT however see an sub-folders that contain VM's? Top-Folder - VM-1 - VM-2 - SUB-Folder -- VM-3 -- VM-4 So in this case to see Top-Folder with VM-1 & VM-2 but…
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Start a process as a specific user

I have the following script which restarts god when I reboot my server (Ubuntu). How can I get god to start as the user "rails"? #!/bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: god # Required-Start: $all # Required-Stop: $all #…
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Proftpd user permissions issue

I just installe proftpd on Ubuntu 15.04 and it works fine i made a permission setting for my ftp user called "ftp" there has the dir "/home/ftp/" but i have a problem because i have a folder inside my home folder "/home/ftp/public_html/ that it…
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