Questions tagged [file-security]
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Secure file storage in iOS
I am developing an application which would include the download of a few files from the server the app talks to. So I am planning to store the downloaded files(Quiet sensitive) in aLibrary directory. Preferably I would create a subdirectory (marked…

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Restrict file access in Tomcat
There is a serious security issue in our product which runs on apache tomcat server listening on ports 80 and 443. The routing of incoming HTTP/HTTPS packets on these ports is configured by our product classes, which fails to ensure that each…

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FileSecurity not being set
For a seperate project my code reads in a file, destroys the old one and builds the new one etc. However i need to get the FileSecurity AccessControl from the old file and apply it to the new one. I'm fairly new to C# so i haven't worked with…

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Object to object ACL with xattr in Security Namespace
I want to create an access rule in Linux so that only files with a certain eXtended attribute can be moved, copied or created in a certain directory regardless of my priviledges in that directory.
The xattr should be created in system or security…

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How secure storage apps woks
I want to make a mobile application using Flutter like this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.enchantedcloud.photovault
but I don't know how to keep the data actually safe
I have used aes_crpyt package (…

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Powershell - Is it possible to load multiple FileSecurity objects from a single file?
I am using Windows 10 and Powershell. I am moving a large directory of files onto a new server. The files will be easily copied over however the permissions will not be copied over. I have been working on creating a series of scripts to save all of…

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Create file with read-only mode in C
I am saving some data into .txt file like this:
void save_file()
{
char *file_name = "my_file.txt";
FILE *f = fopen(file_name, "w");
if (f == NULL)
return;
// some fprintf instructions
fclose(f);
}
Everything works…

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Visual Studio Deployment Package Change File Security
I have a Deployment Package created in Visual Studio that includes an Access (MDB) file that gets deployed to C:\ProgramData\AppName folder. When I try to use the installed application, I observe that it can read from the MDB but cannot write to…

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Unable to set write permission on file
I want to create a file and give a user write permission.
IO.File.Create(Path & "\test.json")
Dim fs As Security.AccessControl.FileSecurity = IO.File.GetAccessControl(Path & "\test.json")
Dim far As Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule = New…

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Stop files access through domain name
Through domain name my files are accessible, I have the similar URL (below given) which makes my files accessible.
URL:
https://www.DomainName/ParentFolder/SubFolder/File.doc
I have checked the permission on ParentFolder,SubFolders, only few person…

Moed Ijaz
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Apache custom module, where to put its own log file?
I have a Apache module that acts as a security filter that allows requests to pass or not. This is a custom made module, I don't want to use any existent module.
I have actually two questions:
The module has its own log file. I'm thinking that the…

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ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED setting file owner
I am trying to set the owner of a file to another user programmatically in C++.
I have definitely enabled the SeRestorePrivilege for my process. I can confirm this using Process Explorer. I start the process, it is disabled, I run my code to enable…

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How to make custom file format in Java
I am making a application in Android.
I have lot of file on Server like abc.doc, abc.xls, abc.mp3 etc.
I want to download all these file in a single file like .zip, .rar then store it on SDCARD.
Than only my application able to read these file no…

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Setting ACE slow for folder with many files
we have created an application which provides the ability to set a recursive "Deny" on a windows folder for a certain Active Directory group. Basically the same as going into the properties dialog in windows explorer and clicking on security and the…

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Web-hosted file authorization
Im using a PHP based login authentication mechanism to allow/restrict access to some parts of my website (folder module1, module2, etc), but i have a problem with restricting access to files.
I used the documents folder (check below) to host some…

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