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Apache etc/www/ directory as user home directory

I'm running an Ubuntu 12.04.3 Server and I'm trying to configure some virtual hosts. I followed this guide here But instead of using a directory within the var/www folder I used a new user I created's home folder so I can have an easy ftp log in for…
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IIS 7.5 Files Edited Using FTP Lose Permissions

I have a web application running IIS 7.5, I have a few files that require that the I_USER have write/modify permissions. When these permissions have been applied and the application runs smoothly. However the application also allows FTP access to…
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Remove "Act as part of the operating system" policy

On one of our servers we have enabled the "Act as part of the operating system" policy in the Local Security Policy. (Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment). Now we would like to remove this user, but when I go to the…
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Setting up the correct FTP user permissions

To possibly fix an error, I was told to set the correct permissions to a user: Make sure that ftp user of your repository has permissions for: change directory (cd) list directory (ls) create directory (mkdir) remove directory (rmdir) upload file…
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Give access to specific services on Windows 7 Professional machines?

We have some machines running Windows 7 Professional at our office. The typical user needs to have access to stop and start a service for a local program they run. These machines have a local web server and database installed and we need to…
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GPO grant user permissions to install allowed software

I would like to grant users using GPO to self manage and install selected software (flash, skype, Java) but not granting users admin rights. I've looked up software restriction policies, is it the right direction? or are there other alternatives. I…
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Moving user accounts and data from NFS server to local server

I'm pretty new to Enterprise Linux administration, and I need to find the best way to move user accounts and their /home directories to a new server. The current setup uses NFS to mount the /home and /var/www directories. I need to move everything…
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Obscure network fault, Server2012/Win8 - Code = (34) STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED, Printer GPO

Anyone got any clues what could possibly be causing this error. Environment is Server 2012 and Windows 8 with roaming user profiles, \Server\Profile$ & \Server\User$. The trigger that causes this is applying or deleting a printer via GPO. Without…
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Sharing folders with other user on Ubuntu 12.04

I have recently set up a server on Ubuntu 12.04 . I have an mail server hosted on the same server. Now, there are a number of users with email id at my domain who can ssh to my server to see the code. I wish to hide the public_html folder of my…
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Write permissions of www-data user and public key issue

I am using Ubuntu and I am having the following problem. I am using a PHP function called exec to get the latest git changes from my remote repo. E.g.: exec("git pull");. The file is placed in /var/www. When accessing from shell (user 'myapp') works…
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Exchange 2010: Deny SMTP access to certain users?

I'd like to restrict SMTP login for certain users to my Exchange 2010 servers. I've been looking at the receive connectors, but I can't find a way to remove the "Exchange Users" role from specific accounts. Anyone know of a way to do this?
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Is running Supervisor as root a bad idea for security reasons?

I want to have a flexible setup (will need to run Redis, Celery, and uWSGI), but I'm wondering whether or not it's a bad idea to run Supervisor as root (the default), and if so, why it is bad.
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In Amazon RDS, how can a disabled master user be re-enabled?

With a SQL Server instance on Amazon RDS it is possible to do the following to your master user: ALTER LOGIN masteruserid1 DISABLE GO If this command is executed while logged in as the that master user through SSMS, every other command will fail,…
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Lock down a user on a stand-alone windows web server

I have a Windows Web Server 2008 R2 Core, which runs several web sites. There is no AD. One of the web applications requires Windows Authentication for a single user. I would like to restrict the user from doing anything except being used for IIS…
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Is it possible to create an FTP user that can only access certain directories?

Suppose I have the following directories inside my www folder: private_info_1 public_info_1 private_info_2 public_info_2 Is it possible to create an FTP user (I'm using cPanel) that could access the two public directories, but not the private…
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