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How to force a Debian package to overwrite permissions?

I’ve built a debian package that is simply putting file to /etc/sensu/plugins so that my checks get distributed that way. Now I wrote a new check, built the package and installed it everywhere but noticed I forgot to make the file +x. So I made the…
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PHP file permission issues on live server

Recently, I moved a website to live and all the file related operations stopped working, for e.g., copy, imagecreatefromjpeg, etc due to permissions issue. All the files are created in files/ directory. I gave it 755 permission recursively for…
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ASP.NET - "Unknown user name or password" when trying to copy file to remote share

I have an ASP.NET application that's trying to copy a file to a remote share that's on a server on another domain ("REMOTEDOMAIN"): File.Copy(@"c:\Test.txt", @"\\REMOTEMACHINE\Share"); When we get to the File.Copy method, I'm getting "Login…
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Structuring a central Git remote to serve production Apache sites

I've been referring to http://toroid.org/ams/git-website-howto as a starting point for a production web server running on a managed VPS. The VPS runs cPanel and WHM, and it will eventually host multiple client websites, each with its own cPanel…
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Permission exception for Sqoop

Stack : Installed HDP-2.3.2.0-2950 using Ambari 2.1 The installation was auto. as the machines(total 9 nodes) had Internet connectivity and was done using root credentials. An ls command output for reference(sqoop user IS missing) : [root@l1031lab…
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Cant' Upload files to AWS through PHP file upload

I guess this is just a permissions problem on AWS but I'm not very proficient at linux commands. I've moved a site from another server to AWS and after a while, everything run perfect except for the PHP file uploads. I have an User area where users…
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file permissions owner, group, public clarification (web)

Could someone please explain owner/group/public permissions on files and directories in a web environment. My current understanding is that "Owner" is the person who created the file. Group, presumably are permissions granted to any user in Group…
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SET-ACL folder permissions not applying correctly with my PowerShell script

I have two scripts: the first one creates a new root folder, and the second one creates a new child folder. It is MOSTLY working correctly, but when the inherited permissions are pulled down to the child folder the permissions don't show on the…
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chown does not set SGID

I am trying to create a a directory with permissions 02770, so that the resultant permissions would be drwxrws--- When I run the below commands I get the expected behavior rsam.svtest2.serendipity> (/home/svtest2) $ mkdir…
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Linux file permissions(in-depth) - numeric to string notation, and vice versa; additional file-permissions

I figured out how to read/convert the symbolic rwx parts to 421 octal parts, which was pretty straight forward. But I am extremely confused when there's the special characters involved. We know that -r-xr---wx converts to 0543, but what does…
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Git permissions are changing when multiple people push/pull

I have a git repository and when I create a file locally in my repo, the permissions are set to -rw-r--r--. When i push these changes and another developer pulls these changes down, this file now has the permissions -rwxr-xr-x for him. The same…
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Check if we have write access to a folder? Delphi

Possible Duplicate: How can I use Delphi to test if a Directory is writeable? My program will download an update for the user if they request it. The user has to specify the location to save the installer. They might pick a directory which they…
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Overriding default umask for docker daemon

I'm trying to mount a folder on host machine inside a container. In cases when the host folder does not exist, Docker daemon automatically creates the folder on host machine and assigns permissions based on default umask(which is that of root). As a…
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Access Denied attaching a database through network

SQL Server 2012 instance is running on MyDatabaseServer. I failed to attach database when I attach database on another machine on the network. If I login to MyMachine, open SSMS, connect to MyDatabaseServer\MyDB and run the following code, it…
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Checking if a folder is currently being used

How can I check if a directory is currently being used in Qt? By "being used", I mean that a file in this folder is open (a .exe for example, as I am working on Windows). I tried with QFileInfo::IsWritable() but it doesn't seem to work on directory,…
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