Questions tagged [user-permissions]
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Understanding Linux Permissions - Apache with user "apache"
I'm with some problems understanding the Linux Permissions, users/groups.
I'm running a PHP Web Application with Apache. The user running Apache is the linux user "apache".
The folder with the PHP Web Application have the files and folders assigned…

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Change permissions (2008 R2) - Do I need to reboot server?
I had to change permissions on a user account in Windows 2008 Server R2.
Do I need to reboot the server for these new permissions to be recognized?

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WordPress file permissions on CentOS7 requiring sudo
I'm running WordPress on my VPS with CentOS 7 LAMP stack.I've followed this guide to set permissions, i.e. I've run
sudo chown apache:apache -R *
to ensure that my wordpress directory is owned by apache:apache.
I've also set WordPress directory…

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ACL mask not updated when cp a directory with g=r-x to directory with default:mask::rwx and default:group::rwx
I want to create a directory, in which all files are read/writeable by a specific set of users. This should work for new files/dirs in this directory, as well as for files/dirs copied to this directory.
Now I am confused about the ACL mask.
I tried…

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Which security group in AD to manage domain computers
I want to add another user rights to manage all domain computers.
I created a group in AD called ITAdmin and added myself and this user in it.
Then I added this group to several other groups like :
Users -> Domain admin
Users -> Enterprise…

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Windows: add user group to file created by a specific process
In our (mixed) Windows network we have a machine with a shared folder. This shared folder can be accessed by anyone belonging to the group User.
However, in this folder, there are files that are created by a specific background process on the local…

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Query AD for users with create users access rights
My company has requested a list with all the users and groups from AD that have access rights to create users and in which OU's they have these rights.
Is there a way to get a complete list via PowerShell for example ? Or any other way ?
Thank you.

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Is there a way in Linux where one non root user can check if another non root user is using OpenSSL or not without sudo permission?
Consider this scenario where User-A and User-B are both non-root user are running inside a server.
User-A is running different Program P1 (pid-2814),P2(pid-2815) whereas User-B is running different Program M1(pid-3810),M2(pid-3811).
Process P1 of…

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How can I setup a standard user to run a scheduled task on Windows Server 2012?
How can I setup a standard user to run a scheduled task on Windows Server 2012?
I tried to simply add a user, but the batch fails.
I tried to add "Log on as batch job right" via gpo, but it fails again.
What do I have to grant?
Maybe it fails…

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How to add new text,but unable to modify old text
how do I set permission for a file on Windows such as .docx so that network user can ONLY add new text into the file.They must NOT be able to edit the old text,but the CAN add new ones.
What I'm trying to do is I want Users from different PC to be…

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Correctly setting user permissions via SSH
I'm getting stuck with user permissions on a LAMP stack (using Digital Ocean if it matters). Here's my setup.
User dev has the following groups:
dev www-data
The /var/www folder has been set so that the owner is www-data:www-data, it looks like…

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Restricted group local administrators can RDP into DC
I have added restricted groups to my Desktops OU and this adds the "Local Admins" security group to the Local Administrators group on workstations in that OU. The issue is, that after this GPO is applied, regular user accounts can RDP "INTO THE…

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What user should I use to create websites?
I setup a LAMP stack on a dedicated server.
There is a root user and a user named user1 with sudo privileges.
I usually put all my websites inside the /home/sites dir, and I don't know if it's better to:
- assign wrx privileges to user1
- create…

Oscar Fanelli
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User management with cronjob
In my organization, we want to implement a user management standard after an utter chaos. Where we(organization) and the client was able to access root user and they made changes which took down the server. However, the blame came on us for playing…

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Restricting su command in a specific manner
I have a list of system users who have access to almost everything via sudo. Now I would like to restrict their sudo access for command su.
I would like to restrict su command for every user on system and allow every system user to be able to su to…

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