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setting up rhel 5.x RPM build server for mortal users

My task is to setup a RHEL 5.x build host, that can build RPMs for mortal users. On RHEL 6.x with rpm version 4.8, I have in /usr/lib/macros: # Path to top of build area. %_topdir %{getenv:HOME}/rpmbuild On RHEL 5.x with rpm…
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Key-Based SSH Permission denied (publickey) Ubuntu 12-04

I have configured sshd to accept key-based ssh logins with LogLevel on DEBUG, and uploaded my public key to ~/.ssh.authorized_keys, where permissions are set as: 700 ~/.ssh 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys From root, I can su - USERNAME. From the client…
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Why can't I drag/drop a file for editing in notepad in Windows Server 2008?

When notepad is run, I can drag/drop a file to open it, but then it can't save the file. When I run notepad elevated to save the file, I can no longer drag/drop to open the file. I understand its a security risk to drag a file from a non-elevated…
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Windows 7 - Elevated Command Prompt Context Menu

I realize the Vista trick of typing cmd then SHIFT+CLICK+END from the Search menu gets you a privileged terminal session. Has anyone found the necessary tweaks to turn this capability into RIGHT+CLICK folder convenience?
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how to extract all permissions that a domain user have on the network

I would like to know all the permissions a windows domain user have in my network. Is there a way, with a script file or a tool, that can extract this kind of information by checking all the servers and computers in my network? I'm on a Microsoft…
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User permissions added with set-acl do not get inherited to files and subfolders

I have written two PowerShell scripts. One asks the user for a foldername. It creates a folder with that name, gives the user full control, gives the administrators group full control and strips the inherited rights, leaving only the user and…
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Setting up a limited user account on Windows Server

I'd like to create a user account on a Windows Server which can read whatever bits of C:\ it needs to be able to execute programs, but have no read access to D:\ except for D:\Special. It seems that the only sane way of achieving the former is to…
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What's the best way to allow read/write/modify rights and block delete rights on Win SBS 2003?

I'm looking for a way to prevent accidental deletion of folders and files on a Windows SBS 2003 box. The scenario is a DATA folder that all users currently have all rights except for "Full Control", "Take ownership", and "change permissions". The…
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Execute CGI script as specific user with Apache

I want to run a specific (perl) CGI script on my webserver. This works reasonable, but it would work immensely better if the CGI script would be running as the currently authenticated user. Is there a way to do that, e.g. with a wrapper and…
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creating security groups from scratch - best practices

I need to create security groups in AD. I can identify the groups that I need, let's say they are: Management,Finance,Sales & Engineering. And I can identify the resources that each group requires access to (though this could be a tedious task). And…
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Granting privileges to mysql user not working

I am logged in to mysql as root. I can add a user like this: CREATE USER test01@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'test01'; When I attempt to grant privileges to the test01 user, nothing seems to happen: GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE ON test_database.*…
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How to let unprivileged user change/add route in Win7? OpenVPN client configuration

I have a Win7 laptop with OpenVPN installed. The normal user is an unprivileged user without knowledge of the administrator password. When running as an administrator, everything works fine with setting up the OpenVPN tunnel, but I cannot get a…
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how to enable anonymous search in search server express 2010

I am crawling a local file share that has read permissions for NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE account. I have enabled anonymous access and now I am able to get to my search box without authentication. But when I actually search for something I get no…
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How to troubleshoot 'permission denied' errors while accessing files in linux?

My question is concerning generic troubleshooting when getting 'permission denied' errors while accessing files as certain user and here is a specific example where I could use some extra help: As a user 'builder' I have a folder 'repo' in my home…
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Best practices for users/groups in Debian servers

On my server/vps after I initially get the credentials I: adduser meder visudo in visudo, at the far bottom: meder ALL=(ALL) ALL And from then on I use meder, along with the sudo command. Is this pretty much how I should be doing it? And on…
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