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Windows Task Scheduler cannot access EFS encrypted folder despite running as a user with access

I have a batch file set to run via Task Scheduler in Windows Server 2008 R2. The batch file is being used to rotate and compress MySQL logs, and the folder containing these logs is encrypted using the Windows built in EFS encryption. I found a VBS…
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Permissions for Scheduled Tasks on a Domain Controller

I'm trying to run a Scheduled Task on a 2008 R2 Domain Controller and all was well until I set it into the production environment. I'm running the task as a Domain User that's defined in the "Log on as a batch job" setting. For giggles I also added…
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Allow access to particular folder inside HOME directory to other users

I have a "downloads" folder inside "tempuser" home folder ("/home/tempuser/downloads") which I want to allow "rwx" permission for a different user say "testuser". The testuser should not have any permission to anyother files or folders inside…
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Linux User and Permission Management within an AD Environment

Issue: Centralized user management and user permission mangement of user access needs for resources (access to services, home directories, joining to local user groups, file system permissions, etc.) on Linux servers by way of group membership…
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"log on as a batch job" user rights removed by what GPO?

I am not much of a server administrator, but get my feet wet when I have to. Right now I'm running some COTS software on a Windows 2008 Server machine. The software installer creates a few user accounts for running its processes, and then gives…
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How to give rights to one user for the restart of a service

It's there a way i can give the rights to a specific user, for restart a specific service on windows server 2008 ?
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How to configure non-admin accounts to install updates of non-microsoft applications using Active Directory?

How to configure non-admin users to allow them to install updates for Java and Adobe Acrobat Reader (or any other application which may need such privileges) without needing for administrator password on Windows 7. Updates for Microsoft products…
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Allowing non-admins to run programs as admins (like the setuid bit)

How can I enable non-admin users to run a certain application (in my case, a script) with admin permissions on Windows XP? This would be similar to the setuid bit on *nix.
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How to know if a Active Directory user can log in interactively

I would like to know if and how is it possible to know if an AD user can log in interactively (on a server) in a Windows domain. I need to know if I can find it out using an LDAP search.
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Users in Administrators group cannot perform admin tasks with PowerShell remoting only administrator can

I am working on Windows Server 2016 (workgroup) and enabled powershell remoting on it. Only the default administrator account can perform tasks that require administrative permission such as Get-Service Get-DnsServerZone and when I do that I get…
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Unable to access organisations's IAM settings in Google Cloud

We recently gained access to the "organisation" feature in Google Cloud. By default, everyone in our organisation had the "project creator" privilege but I decided to lock this down and restrict access to only "developers" (a group I created in G…
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Allowing PHP to run specific bash script with root permissions

I have a php script calling a bash script like this: This is the contents of my_bash_script.sh: #!/bin/bash svn export…
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Open Elevated "Administrator:" cmd prompt instead of "cmd prompt (Running as Administrator)"

If you open a command prompt with a runas command, you will see a window that shows (Running as some_user) In the title bar, but if you right click on cmd.exe and choose Run as Administrator you will get a window that has: Administrator cmd.exe In…
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Difference between PGID/PUID and GID/UID when setting up docker containers

I'm new to Docker and I've seen that some scrips for running containerized software require to specify either of those to match certain user and group. So I was wondering what is the difference between both? Examples below to illustrate. Jellyfin…
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Best practices for docker users on a shared machine

We would like to use docker on the servers of our university. From reading https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/linux-postinstall/#manage-docker-as-a-non-root-user I understand that it is recommended to create a Unix group docker and add users to…
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