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Groups differ from the local ones when logging in remotely
We store our users in LDAP, alongside some groups that have meaning across different systems (organizational roles including wheel). There are also groups local to workstations, e.g. audio or video ...
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How to run script with the privileges expected of the script's general “intended user”?
During the development of a script, some bugs remain "latent" until the script is run by a different user. (For example, the script may access a file that only the person developing the script has ...
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Limited SSH user on Ubuntu 12
I'm running Minecraft on a server. How can I give my friend SSH access just to the minecraft folder (a root folder), the screen command, and some ports?
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group option in fstab not working
I'm trying to take advantage of the "group" option for fstab entries and not having any success. From the mount man page:
Normally, only the superuser can mount filesystems. However, when fstab ...
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Adding Windows user to Linux group; possible?
I have a NAS that runs on Linux and I connect to it from my Windows desktop. I noticed that all directory in that drive belongs to user 'root' and group 'root'. That effectively denies me the right to ...
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Samba: system group mapping
I have w2008R2 PDC and Linux server with samba and winbind. Now I'd like to add some domain users to Unix adm group in AD.
Let's say I have adm group defined in AD, and every user from this group ...
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How to filter group membership from the ldap server?
Context : We have a Ubuntu 12.04 with authentication done on a ldap server.
Unfortunately, one (ldap) user belongs to a (ldap) group named "admin".
I know there is the option ...
