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Removing access privileges to backup while maintaining current setup
I have a giant directory, and I am dealing with a backup.
I would like to store this backup in as safe of a way as possible.
One of the ways of doing that is removing rwx privileges through chmod.
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How can I block a specific URL on a DD-WRT router?
I've been looking everywhere for this. Does anyone know how to block a specific URL on a DD-WRT router? For example, I want to block website.com/whatever but not website.com, blah.website.com, or ...
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Set up proper programming environment
I'm starting to think how to set up the most convenient environment for programming, with the following conditions. I run Linux Mint 14.
I've got a computer at work but would like to have access to ...
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How can I enable URL rewriting on a DD-WRT router?
I would like to be able to add a parameter to certain URL requests that go through my DD-WRT router. Specifically, I'm trying to figure out how to force safe search in Google, which means I have to ...
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How to prohibit from changing an owner of modifiable files?
I sometimes need to run a Qt Creator from root. After that, some config files of Qt Creator suddenly have a root as an owner. Therefore when running Qt Creator as user, I am getting nag warnings about ...
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group file and everything related to it [closed]
I'm quite new to *nix OS. I understand the format and usage (at least what the man pages says) of the /etc/group file. One day I was trying to replace my group file with a backup copy. I changed the ...
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Can a user brute-force a directory listing without having read permission on the directory?
I noticed that when a user is working in a directory to which he does not have read permission that using cd produces different error messages, depending on whether or not a subdirectory exists:
$ ls
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How to stop users from Switching to Root user
I have disabled the root user login from Sshd.conf file so now no one can login using root user even if they know the password SOMEHOW.
Now I have 3 users in server ROOT,EMERG and ORACLE. I want to ...
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Problem accessing an Apache-hosted folder
I'm running Centos 6.2, and Apache. I'm running into an error to do with access rights/permissions when trying to navigate to a webpage. I'm trying to go to the URL http://localhost/repos, but I get ...
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How to allow www-data to create a folder without giving read access to the parent folder
I'm not exactly sure the right question to ask, so I'll try to explain what I'm trying to do.
I have an internal web application (in PHP) that I want to be able to create a folder. The trouble is ...
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How to stop telnet access for a particular IP address?
How can I stop telnet access for a particular IP address on the command line?
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When does chmod fail?
Under what circumstances will chmod fail?
I looked at the man page but it only specifies usage and doesn't go into details about what circumstances it won't work in.
I'd assume chmod will work if:
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Optimal way to setup user account / accesses?
I have a (home) Ubuntu machine; upon installation I created the "x" user during the installation (who is not the root) so often when I want to run apt-get or other things that require write access to ...
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How can I retrive password of putty? [closed]
I am using putty software in my windows to run the command for using linux.
I put the server IP as 172.172.100.251. On inserting my password it shows the Access is denied on the screen
I want to ...
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Can I force myself to enter a password when run certain processes?
I frequently work in an environment where, lets call them "pranksters" may gain access to my console.
I am diligent in locking my screen whenever I walk away, but given enough time someone gets the ...
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Redirect linux serial console
I want to redirect my serial port while telnet session in linux.
I have an embedded Linux box which is has a serial console. After I do a telnet to the box,
I can type in both the serial console as ...
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Password protecting a system file? (e.g. /etc/resolv.conf)
I am trying to parental control myself by restricting web access via OpenDNS. The OpenDNS account password will be handed to someone trustworthy. Now, I want to put some restriction on the ...
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mousekeys is too slow in gnome3 fedora
Today I had to use mousekeys feature and tried it but it was very slow and unsusable, can I incerase the speed of my cursor while using mousekeys?
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Overwrite file and apply file system rights of overwritten files?
I backed up some linux configuration files to a windows machine, so the file system rights were lost. Now I would like to restore my backed up configuration by overwriting the configuration currently ...
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Permissions to deny SSH users from accessing other user's folders
I am currently running Fedora on a network computer, acting as a host to other users who will SSH into my terminal to do their work.
However I realised that they are also able to access my /home ...
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How can I setup a wifi access point to only allow users if they accept an EULA?
I need to setup an access point to only allow users through if they first accept an EULA. To make things slightly simpler, I'm looking into doing this with a unix machine that shares the connection ...
