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Humans using a system. They try to break everything. Always handle with caution. Expect the unexpected.

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Setting up production server, what user should applications run as?

I'm trying to setup a production server, should I create a separate user to run certain application under similar to what apache does? Is it unsafe for them to run as root? OS: Ubuntu 9.10 The server is for web based applications, It hosts a website…
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SVN limitations - Number of users and repositories?

I would like to know if SVN has a specified limitations of how many users and repositories it can sustain? Thank you.
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Cannot SSH After Adding Another User to Group of SSH Target User

I'm trying to make a web interface for a game server. I have a user/group "gameserver" that has game files and configurations (not a sudoer). And a user/group "www-data" that you all know is for web application. Now I've unfortunately seen posts of…
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Find out if password expired or when it expires for user in a specific OU

Is there any powershell command that outputs the users that have their passwords expired from a specific organizational unit (OU). If so can it be combined in a script with another command that outputs the time when it expires for all the users in…
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LDAP authentication fails

I try to set up an LDAP directory that will allow me to authenticate Debian users. Once the configuration of the LDAP server and PAM files is done, the authentication fails. I think the client doesn't find the ldap user into the directory. When I…
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Suggestions required on how to allow users access to WiFi Captive Portals when roaming

I have written a script that will turn the proxy settings off and back on again after an allotted period but you often need to open up Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings and click OK for the browser to accept the change in settings (even…
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To create a scheduled task which can execute without user logged on --using vbscript

I need to execute a file on a remote machine without logging into the machine. I created scheduled task for the same. PFB the code snippet scheduled_task = "schtasks /Create /S <> /SC nologon /TN install /TR c:\Temp\msgbox1.vbs /ST " & Hour(now) &…
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Powershell assistance for Active Directory Cleanup

I just started a contract to clean up an Active Directory system for a large company. I was told it would be quite the busy work but after reviewing the system and seeing how disorganized and messy it is, I realized that I will not be able to…
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Active Directory Administrative Center over Active Directory Users and Computers

Is there any difference using Active Directory Administrative Center over Active Directory Users and Computers? In training videos I've seen people mostly use the older look Active Directory Users and Computers and was wondering if it really…
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Migrating users between Linux servers if the UIDs need to change?

I've been tasked with migrating information and accounts from one linux server to another. I feel confident administrating Linux servers, but I've never tried a move like this. Googling around, I found this article.…
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List sudo users in centos

How do I list all sudo users at CentOS server? There are many groups(root, wheel, adm etc) at server, and have users in it. I am looking an easy way/command to find users in all groups who have sudo access. Note: My user also have sudo access. And I…
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RDP and New Accounts

I created a new user account on the domain and added them to the Remote Desktop Users group. I could login just fine locally, but when I logged in remotely I was basically told that I could not login from there using that user. I could login just…
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Permissions required for an SQL Server account

We're trying to get SQL running under a domain account, however we're not sure what permissions will be required for the service to start. At present it is just a standard user in the active directory domain (which won't let the service start), I…
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Get access list of a user on Win 2003 server

I would like to find all unused accounts of the active directory, so I need to see the last access to the domain. I looked into the user properties but I did not find anything. Where can I find this information?
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restrict ssh to run commands for some users

I have a machine where only some users should be allowed to login and execute commands over ssh, rest all users can ssh and run commands but should not login i.e no tty for other users. Can someone help me with this.
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