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Apache virtual host configured with a sym-link to a folder in my user directory fails with 403 Forbidden

I'm sure someone has asked/answered this before but my search hasn't helped me much so... I have Eclipse IDE installed on my Linux box (LM13) with the 'workspace' folder located @ /home/user/projects/workspace I have Apache installed and set-up,…
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Data loss through permissions change?

I seem to have deleted some files on my media drive, simply by changing the permissions. The Story I have many operating systems installed on my computer, and constantly switch between them. I bought a 1TB HD and formatted it as HFS+ (not…
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Create Windows user with LocalService permissions

Is it possible to create a user account in Windows 7 that has the same permissions as LocalService? I need this for debugging purposes: I am debugging windows services by running my service as console application. In the interactive/console mode…
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Removing Apache per user directories

I am trying to access my localhost but I am getting a "Not Found" error. What I am trying to do is get to my Sites directory (/User/[username]/Sites). Right now I have the following commented: # Real-time info on requests and configuration #…
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Most secure settings for user dedicated for SSH Tunnel

Due to security reasons, I have created a user on my remote VPS only to use it for SSH tunneling. My local PC goes in hands of many others which scares me because I need to leave that SSH session open. So, I want to lock this user (on server) so…
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Lock down or limit user access on Windows Server 2000/2003?

I am looking for a way to severely restrict user account access on Windows servers. Is there a way to programmatically do this? I have found a few options like forcing a user to start in a program other than explorer.exe such that it is the only…
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Why is my access being denied when I am an adminstrator on my Windows Server 2003 Installation?

I have recently been made an Administrator on our server (running Win Server 2003) and have been given all the same permissions and made part of the same groups as our other admin but when I try to access the Group Policy Editor it tells me my…
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Allow non-admins to install fonts on Windows 7 without GPO

Is there a way in Windows 7 to allow users without admin rights to install fonts on their machine? Our designers need to install new fonts regularly, but with no admin access, this means putting in an IT request every time. In the long-term, the…
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How to chown when a user name contains a dash?

A user and group contains a dash: abc-def. When I try to use chown I get an error: chown abc-def.abc-def * -R chown: invalid user: `abc-def.abc-def' the user is valid and it should work... how can I use chown with user/group names containing a…
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Apache2 - How to setup the directory permissions of website folder?

I'm using a CentOS for serving PHP webpages. I have various websites inside "/svr/www"... My problem is that I created folders like: /svr/www/website1.com /svr/www/website2.com And this folders have as owner "root" user, and I noticed that apache…
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VMware ESXi 4.1: how to create a new user with root permissions

In ESXi 4.1, I have SSH access enabled and a user jdoe, who is able to connect to the system via ssh. ~ $ less /etc/passwd | grep jdoe jdoe:x:3:0:John Doe:/home/jdoe:/bin/ash The user jdoe has all permissions I managed to provide: 0 for GUID, and…
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How do I tell whether an executable has run or not?

I have an executable I am calling from a third party program. I am calling it using an administrator account with "run as a service" privileges, and the third party program logs report that the executable ran "successfully" with a runtime of 0.000…
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Microsoft SQL 2008 R2 login failed for user 'sa' using aspnet_regsql

I've been working on this for the better part of the morning, and looked at various answers and such, but haven't found anything. I am trying to run aspnet_regsql from the command line (as part of a script), using -A all -C "Data…
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How do i create a bat file to create user directory with proper rights and a script to reset it if something goes wrong

I need to create user and directories for the user and share it. The rights are set on NTFS structure only. The user must do all except change rights and take ownership this is not allowed and this must apply to this folder and subfolders and…
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how to create a user with access to one home folder for read and write?

I need a user with specific homefolder. This user should read and write in his folder. And he cant read any other folder in the server.
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