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Best practices for user account audits in Linux machines

What is a good way to audit the user accounts on a Linux machine? I will like to have a list of users, the folders they can access and the process they are running, so I can pinpoint security risks, like a nodejs express server running as root, or…
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visudo + read access to file from non root user

how to access file by visudo from non root user , or other option for example when we change user to hdfs and from user hdfs we want to print the file - file.cfg we get Permission denied how to configure the visudo in order to get read access from…
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Are there any consequences of deleting the Full control permission on an user object for Administrators, Domain Admins groups?

I'm trying to create a user in AD which is undeletable, unmodifiable even by Administrators, Domain Admins. Is there any problem that might occur if I delete the Full control permission on the user object for Administrators, Domain Admins groups? I…
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Password Logon Requirements

I want to allow users to log onto Windows using stored credentials, not requiring them to type their login information. I've read that the way to do this on a specific computer is to run "netplwiz" and uncheck "Users must enter a user name and…
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Nginx Not Respecting File Permissions

I'm trying to apply permissions of 600 to certain files on my web server, but they are still accessible to the world (I can access them by navigating to direct link in browser e.g. domain.com/test.txt)! The owner of these files is www-data:www-data.…
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Assigning correct permissions on a shared web server

I have created a centos instance on digital ocean hosting multiple websites by setting up virtual host, all is working fine, however assigning correct directory permission for each website is bugging me and i could not find any relevant answer by…
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winserver2012 "closed access" permissions to folder

I have some sensitive files, that should be accessed only by a small group of users. Currently the files are stored in a folder, on a WinServer 2012 machine, and will be accessed via a mapped location shortcut (using windows explorer). What I want,…
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Centos 6.5 /var/www/html/ User permissions

I have a dedicated server but only root can access my hosting directory. All other users get permission denied when I try access the directory with another user. I have created a new user, added the user to the apache group (as the directory is…
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I'm making a user for a custom java server, what do I need to take into account setting up the user?

I'm new to this process, so bear with me please. The server is my own socket server, it parses data from connected clients and saves it to a database. It won't serve data in the form of web pages or anything, at the very most it'll retrieve data…
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How to create nested file and set owner for all parent paths?

I need to create the following file for www-data user like the following: sudo /var/www/.ssh/authorized_keys But non of www, .ssh directories and authorized_keys file does not exists. How could I create them all and set owner www-data for all of…
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Corrective action for file security after Windows server rename

I have renamed a Windows Server using the Control Panel feature. This worked fine at first. Today I noticed that I was unable to rename a certain file that I always was able to rename before. This file was a SQL Server database file. The SQL Server…
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What system-wide changes can a user make?

I work in an organization that uses Faronics Deep Freeze to prevent users from making changes to the computer. I had always been under the impression that a standard user (a user who is only a member of the "Users" group) can't make any system-wide…
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Cron permissions (root, usergroup) - could not open input file

I have a server for which I have created a cron job "sendalerts" to users. Mind you this "sendalerts.php" should be runnable from two methods (via browser and also via a cron job) So cron's job is to execute a php file which then sends the alerts…
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Server Security: FTP and System Users

I'd be happy to get an advice about handling system users and ftp users on a Linux server (Ubuntu). Just want to do it right way. I have a sysUser.sysGroup and created virtual ftpUser.ftpGroup for ProFTPD server. Virtual ftp user (ftpUser) and…
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What is a good approach to install a webserver?

I wan't to install Lighttpd on my V-Server under Debian. I'm new to Linux and I wonder if I should install Lighttpd as root or as a new User to avoid security issues?
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