Questions tagged [group]
All about Unix groups and access control.
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Is the order of user groups important?
I have a user named "black", he is in these groups.
groups black
black: www-data sudo
Some auto generated files are getting created with the group "sudo" instead of www-data, so I ...
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Group does and doesn't exist but can't be added because it exists
I'm trying to add my user to the libvirt group but I can't because it doesn't exist.
I also can't create the group because it does exist
[core@localhost ~]$ sudo usermod -a -G libvirt $(whoami)
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Group does not show up in groups command
I added a new group. Then I logged out, and logged back in, but the groups command does not show the group. If I try to add the group, I get an error. What gives?
me@z80hd2:~$ groupadd sdk_users
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OpenLDAP: Deleted user is still listed in the group. is there security risk with this condition?
I have a similar problem as described in a previous question and there was great answers posted to the original question: OpenLDAP: Deleted user is still listed in the group
However, I want to ask a ...
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Firejail overlay permissions and ALSA no sound (wrong group in container/jail)
I'll try to be brief and concise. I want to run programs that require ALSA with firejail profiles but it probably doesn't have the permission or ability to access the soundcard for some reason ...
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Too few IOMMU groups - split?
I bought AMD RyZEN 5 2400G, Gigabyte B450M D3SH and 16GB RAM. Some elder GPU AMD Radeon HD 6XXX I took for passing through. But I was unpleasantly surprised with the IOMMU grouping.
I put the GPU in ...
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Missing group entry in gshadow
I recently installed ArcoLinux (Arch), but I am not familiar with a lot of the core linux functionality. I noticed that the service shadow.service failed.
The following is the output of systemctl ...
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How to change permission to directory with Active directory groups on RHEL?
We have to setup server with RSTUDIO-SERVER Pro and wanted to maintain the security:
We have two folders created one is in /FOLDER1 and another is under /usr/FOLDER2
We have two AD groups created as ...
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SGID on folder does not affect files
I have set sgid on a folder with user dgillman (me) and group voice. When I touch a new file it has my group, dgillman, instead of inheriting the group of the folder, voice. I can't find any ...
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Linux list only selected groups a user is part of? [duplicate]
When I use the command groups userid it list out over 100 groups currently assigned to the user.
I need to list only the groups that contain abc.
When I do groups userid | grep abc
In the output all ...
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Systemd and group credentials: failed at GROUP spawning
Recently, one of my servers running Deb 10 stopped responding to everything except SSH. After solving an issue where the filesystem was read-only due to a botched fstab, I am now met with almost all ...
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id/groups inconsistent with members/getent
I was just suffering from the situation that one LDAP user john lost its group memberships. Things were working for years and it happened out of a sudden. No configuration was changed.
This is what I ...
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Setting permissions on files and folder - is folder perms inheritance always implicit?
Objective: Creating a folder on the root, chown to group and add users to group - but users get too wide permissions!
Consider the following:
# as root
# we need a user group
groupadd team1
# we ...
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How can I find out if the current user is in a specific group?
If I type groups I get a list a back,
$> groups
ecarroll cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev bluetooth docker
How can I find out if the logged in user is in a specific group?
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Newbie Question on Permissions
I am really new to Linux and having just brought a Raspberry Pi I decided to run a simple apache server.
I found a simple tutorial on how to install and setup the apache server which is what I have ...
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I don’t have read permissions on a file but I can read it
I have a file owned by a different user with permissions 440. When I do ‘groups’ I don’t belong to the group of the file, but when I do ‘groups my_username’ I do.
Why am I able to open the file if my ...
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I'm not in “wheel” group, but I can “su -”
I don't understand. In BSD if I want to run su -, I have to add myself to wheel group.
Is this not true in Linux?
[test@centos ~]$ uname -a
Linux centos 4.18.0-193.19.1.el8_2.x86_64 ...
[test@centos ~]...
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How many users can be member of a group in Linux Debian 10 x64?
I know Linux has some limitations for the number of groups a user can be part of. I found out that it is 16 groups for each user, and depends on the Linux kernel. However, is there any restriction for ...
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Creating a group specifically for password manager, how does that work?
When you use a password manager (client side) on linux, I read that you should place the password database in a directory with OWNER and GROUP "passman" or something.
Then do the same to the ...
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Is it valid for two groups to have the same name (but different gid)?
I encountered a strange problem today while installing the "passenger" web server on a centos system.
The server was failing to set the GID for a directory that it created, even though it ...
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creating a directory tree on a remote machine with a specific group ownership
I just struggle with the problem that I want to create a directory tree on a remote machine in which all directories have a certain group ownership. Furthermore, I explicitely want to have parent ...
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Unable to add myself to audio group [duplicate]
I tried
$ whoami
dims
$ groups
dims adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev sambashare lpadmin lxd
$ sudo usermod -a -G audio dims
$ groups
dims adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev sambashare lpadmin lxd
and I am still ...
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Why is there no /group/<groupname> directory?
Would it be beneficial to have a directory structure analogous to /home/<username> for groups? /group/<groupname>. The individual group directories would be owned by the group and ...
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What is the point of a system user?
Ok so when you look at the system user the point of the system user is to run services with minimal permissions, and to have a user that doesn't have a password or ssh. The issue I have with this is ...
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Group has correct permissions and user in group, but cannot access folder
I'm trying to access a folder but I'm not allowed to.
The folder (folderA) permissions:
$ ls -l
drwxrwx--- 6 someuser groupA 4096 jul 24 21:26 folderA
The users in the group (groupA):
$ grep '...
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Why are user groups not updating when logging out and in again?
I've just installed Arch Linux, and configured a user to be a member of the "network" group. newgrp network works, but after logging out of GNOME and back in again I still just have the old ...
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stickybits setgid not working
I have structure like:
/home/reed/, user=reed, group=reed
- apache-conf, user=reed, group=reed
- apache-web, user=reed, group=apache, perm=0770
- www.website.com, user=reed, group=apache, ...
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Add a user to a not existing group having only gid
I am trying to solve an issue with docker volumes permissions. Here is a solution which describes how to solve it efficiently.
The last steps:
RUN addgroup --gid 1024 mygroup
RUN adduser --disabled-...
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Which type of group is it when to create them?
There are two type of group concept in linux :primary vs secondary groups,it is simple to create a new group:
sudo groupadd gname
Now i want to know the new created group gname belongs to which type ...
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Group owner of ext4 filesystem changed
Having changed from using a Ubuntu-based operating system to using an Arch-based one, all of my ext4 volumes and everything in them have changed from being owned by $USER:$USER to now being owned by $...
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Primary vs secondary groups in Linux
What is the difference between the primary and secondary group?
Why is there a need for a primary group?
Are the user's permissions the same as the primary group permission?
Assume there is a user A ...
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Linux file folder permission between 2 users
I can use some advice on setting permissions on Linux.
I would like to grant a folder owner r-w access to files created by another user in the folder.
This is what I have so far.
The user silver is ...
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linux squid kerberos group filter with ext_kerberos_ldap_group_acl
i setup a new squid under redhat 8 and follow the instructions on
Redhat 8 Squid under 6.3.
All fine. Kerberos authentification works. Now i want to limit the users on a specific group. So all users ...
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i need to generate ansible-playbook using jinja2 with csv file in ansible
i need to create jinja templates to generate ansible playbook for that i need to read datas from csv file
csv file is similar to below(file name ansi.csv)
aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd
aa01,ansi,directory,yes
aa02,...
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Why does a user session have to be completely closed when groups change? [duplicate]
Adding a user to new groups in linux is easy -- you just need the following command:
# adduser user group
But this doesn't really do anything till you log off and then log in anew. When you have a ...
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Groups from LDAP: “getent” reports membership correctly but missing in output of “id”
I have a Debian 10 machine which uses PAM LDAP for authentication. In LDAP I have two users alice and bob which are both members of group mygroup. Everything has worked fine (so the configuration ...
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Two Groups Separate Permissions, One Directory?
New to this and will try to make it as easy as possible. I have an IT group, and a Marketing group. I want both groups to have access to the same directory (which is Retail). What I want to do is give ...
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'groups' vs 'groupent' - can't copy into directory despite group membership
Can someone please explain why the following happens?
lloydb@lloydb-ASUS-z390-A:~$ whoami
lloydb
lloydb@lloydb-ASUS-z390-A:~$ getent group vboxusers
vboxusers:x:127:lloydb
lloydb@lloydb-ASUS-z390-A:~$ ...
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What permission does the “lock” group in /etc/group grant?
I'm running Fedora.
$ ls -l /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw----. 1 root dialout 166, 0 Jul 4 10:50 /dev/ttyACM0
I was not able to access /dev/tty/ACM0 (dynamic usb serial with an Arduino on the other end), ...
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User and Group Management
While working on Linux Essentials, I was experimenting with removing a user (me) from a group I created. Following online instructions, I ended up deleting myself from all the default groups and my ...
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Extra LAN connections: Looking for unauthorized groups in Ubuntu 20.04
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 and would like to know if any of these groups could be an indication of network intrusion from a cyberattacker through a LAN or a share connecting to a remote ...
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systemd doesn't find nis group while applying rule for virtualbox usb support
I'm wondering why my Debian system doesn't allow to make use of the nis group vboxusers.
systemd writes into syslog:
Jun 18 17:58:30 wiets systemd-udevd[313]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-virtualbox.rules:...
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vncserver has to be restarted to see new unix groups
I have been using VNC to remote desktop into my linux work machines for at least 15 years now. When I am added to a unix group, I have simply started a new terminal on my VNC. I have recently switched ...
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How to apply group change via the dir's setgid bit when moving files with 'mv'?
$ mkdir test
$ chown gtgteq:users test
$ chmod g+s test
$ touch test/a
$ touch b
$ mv b test/
$ ls -l test
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 gtgteq users 0 a
-rw-r--r-- 1 gtgteq gtgteq 0 b
How to change ...
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Group permission denied
Good time of day, my dear friends.
I've got a user "http" with group "http", a dir "drupal-8.8.5" inside /home/yasuostormrage with 777 permissions for yasuostormrage:http, but there's a problem: user ...
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service user unable to create/modify files in directory they own [duplicate]
I must be missing something.
I created a service account that will run a script I created as a cron job. The script links files to be processed to a watched folder. The script worked fine running as ...
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How to add LDAP user to a local group?
We are trying to add a user in Azure AD to a local group but when we do that we get this error
#-> gpasswd -a sjain68 docker
gpasswd: user 'sjain68' does not exist
It is true this user does not ...
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How to set group to a module automatically?
I'm working on an embedded system with linux 4.19.
I have written a custom driver in a module MyDriver.ko. At startup, the module is automatically probed by the devicetree and it appears in /dev.
# ...
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Why whoami always returning “root”?
After a hack, a dedicated server always return "root" following whoami command. Even after a sudo su myUser > whoami return "root".
myUser exists on the server, because regarding this issue passwd ...
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same NAS, same folder, but different groups showed in two different hosts, why?
I have a strange behaviour with a shared NAS between multiple hosts.
Every host reaches a shared folder mounted on /sharedfolder on the same source (##.###.###.###:/filesystem, where ## are the ...
