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rm: cannot remove `/var/run/httpd/httpd.pid': Permission deniedLED]

I am unable to start the Apache server on linux I have tried : service httpd start and /etc/init.d/httpd start but both commands are showing :-- rm: cannot remove `/var/run/httpd/httpd.pid': Permission deniedLED] rm: cannot remove…
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domain user disabling screensaver

I have the following situation: Due to security reasons the screensaver is activated after 10 minutes, and immediately locks the screen. There are GPOs preventing the user from changing the screensaver parameters and the background image. In order…
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WebDAV user permissions on a per file basis

My team and I are building a webDAV server using Apache 2.2. We have run into an issue with user permissions. We have it currently set up so that user permissions work for folders on the server but one of the team members feels that is not…
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How to export User Rights Assignments and import them on another machine

How would one export all of the user rights assignments from one Windows Server 2008 box and import them on another. Neither would be on a domain so this would just be local security policy.
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Limit user resources on dedicated server

Is there a WHM plugin mode or something like that which would limit the amount of resources a user on a dedicated server can use (CPU and RAM) or ideally something which gives certain users priority access to the resources needed? Because my problem…
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How is non admin domain user able to change Administrator for local computer?

On a Windows Server 2003 / XP LAN, non admin domain users are able to manage the users and groups of the local computer including changing the Administrator password and make themselves Administrators of the local computer. How is this possible…
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How can I have all my SFTP users created files be in a certain group?

The problem is, they're all creating files for the website and I always have to change the group to www-data so they have permission to it. I can run a cron job, but that seems like a ghetto fix. The users are creating a file locally and just…
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running command with sudo gives different result

I'm connected with root via ssh on a debian squeeze server. If I execute the command: /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 1:1 -c 1:1 -a '/usr/local/freeswitch/bin/freeswitch' I get the result: PROCS OK: 1 process with args…
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Multiple access level modes for accounts on linux servers

When currently working on a linux server (I sysadmin 2) I have the 3 following use-cases: End-user use (e.g. personal or normal project groups) User problem solving and low-risk changes (e.g. Apache vhost changes) Real sysadmin work (e.g.…
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Remote WMI Connection Issue on Windows Server 2008 R2

I just did a clean install of Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64). I have an application that talks to the server using Remote DCOM communication and queries some WMI objects. All is good while I use the Administrator login to do the WMI comm. It just…
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Allow Non-admin Users to reboot Win 2008 R2 Server

Is there a way to give a Non-Admin user dedicated permissions to reboot a server? Would it work to create a "Rebooter" Group and can I assign a group policy to allow reboots?
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Group policy startup script needs elevated priviledges

I have a script that I want to run at startup but that requires elevated priviledges. Is there a way of doing this with Group Policy? I tried adding it in as a startup script using GPO but it doesn't appear to run. If I run it from a standard cmd…
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Effective permissions different than that of defined permissions?

On my server, the IUSR_MYSERVER account has write access to some directories. I know this because if you check effective permissions, it says it can "Create Files / Write Data" and "Create Folders / Append Data". The trouble is, if I go look at…
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Add user which has free/busy access to all calendars on Exchange 2010

I've been given a challenge in relation to an ongoing IP telephony project at my workplace. The coming system features a client installed on every user's computer from where they can do lookups on colleague's information, their call history and…
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/var/www rights management

I have a server with several users and would like to allow some of them to store webpages on it. Thus, I have created subdirectories of /var/www for them and configured my webserver accordingly. However, I do not want them to be able to view any…
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