Questions tagged [permissions]
Permissions are the Unix way of controlling access to resources such as files, directories and devices and may be specified for an owner, group, or all users.
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How do I run a sudo command from kde shortcuts command?
In KDE setting you can assign a shortcut to execute your arbitrary command.
To assign a command to shortcut in KDE, you can do the following. In System Settings -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts, ...
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/var/log/httpd permissions reset from 705 to 700 after reboot
After a reboot /var/log/httpd permissions reset from 705 to 700.
Could this be a SELinux issue?
OS is RHEL 8.
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Granting Jenkins permission to access another users home directory on AWS
I have an AWS server set up I want Jenkins to be able to read/write files on.
At the moment, I have set up a python virtual environment in /home/ubuntu/venv3_7 I want Jenkins to use to run scripts but ...
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Run root script from www-data user
I have a problem to run a command that requires root privileges via php on the apache server
I added a command to sudoers so that it does not require a password for the user
visudo:
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# This file ...
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How to create a shared folder between Linux and Windows?
How to create a shared folder between Linux and Windows?
If possible, do not use additional applications. If it's not possible, please tell me the app that can be used.
These are my previous steps:
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Nautilus only show directories with access
We are running a multi-user environment. Also, we have a few shared folders in /home where different groups of people have access to. Now that we have quite a few users, the /home directory is quite ...
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RaspberryPI cannot change permission of mounted hdd due to rpi-first-boot-wizard user
I mounted an external hdd into /mnt/edisk on my raspberry pi. If I check ownership, strangely I see this:
drwxr-xr-x 19 rpi-first-boot-wizard rpi-first-boot-wizard 128K May 10 17:44 edisk
I can write ...
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SFTP jailed user access limited to an Apache webserver directory
I would like to create an SFTP jail for a user, jailed to an Apache webserver directory.
User should access only
/var/www/html/sftpaccess/
directory.
Currently the
/var/www/html/sftpaccess/
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run tomcat daemon with user other that root
im try create a container docker secure with alpine (rootfs) which allows me run web aplications java contained into tomcat8. In particular, what user should run the tomcat daemon as?
i'm reading the ...
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binaries not executable by user (Permission denied) after cmake install / make install to /usr/local/bin
After I install any project on my Debian (Buster) machine with sudo cmake install or sudo make install command, the binary gets placed inside /usr/local/bin but although the PATH variable is set ...
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Alternative to "gksu" in "su" mode for non-root users
On an Oracle Linux 8 installation, I am trying to implement a desktop launcher for the GNOME shell where the (graphical) program is to be run as a different (non-root) user. However, I want to enforce ...
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Mount root filesystem with user permission using sshfs
I want to use sshfs to mount filesystem folder on my machine (let's say ~/home).
I would like to be able to edit files inside the / folder that got mounted using any editor (for example, edit /etc/...
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How to share a folder in KDE Dolphin?
I want to be able to share a folder in Dolphin. Right click on a folder, then go to Share tab.
Unfortunately I see a message there: "You appear to not have sufficient permissions to manage Samba ...
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Permission issue with rsyncd between Linux box and NAS
I have set up a small 1TB NAS appliance, now running on OpenWRT, to back-up files from a small 500Gb drive inside my Devuan Linux box holding all my Timeshift and BackInTime snapshots.
The NAS's specs ...
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SFTP user permission denied
I have created a new sftpuser with below format.
sudo adduser --shell /bin/false sftpuser
sudo passwd sftpuser
sudo mkdir -p /var/sftp/files
sudo chown sftpuser:sftpuser /var/sftp/files
sudo chown ...
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Directadmin - lmtp/dovecot bad permissions?
Hello I've got one server configured with Directadmin+exim+dovecot.
For one week for one domain there is problem with local delivery which is queuing for long time.
I found in logs
/var/log/dovecot-...
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Why would I give the execute permission for txt file (non-script) file
In this article we see x permission is added to myfile.txt:
mode of `myfile.txt' changed to 0751 (rwxr-x--x)
What is execute permission in the context of non-script file?
When would I need ...
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Encrypt SVN user directory
Could anyone give me advice on the best way to encrypt the SVN version control system! I want to Encrypt the SVN User group(devs), but unable to figure out which one would be best fit OpenSSH or GNOME ...
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If one can read a file, can't they also execute it in practice by copying the content and pasting into a new file? [duplicate]
I understand what the difference between read and execute permissions in linux. However, isn't, in practice, having a read permission effectively having execute permission?
After all, if I can read ...
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What do the permissions mean in /proc/<pid>/fd/?
I'm looking at the result of running ls -l on /proc/<pid>/fd/:
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 Apr 22 23:13 0 -> /dev/null
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 22 23:13 1 -> 'socket:[19700]'
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Running `ncdu .` yields: "Error: could not open /var/lib/snapd/void". Why?
Running:
sudo snap remove ncdu
sudo snap install ncdu
sudo chmod -R 777 *
sudo ncdu .
gives the error
lqqqError!qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
x ...
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Specific domain computer login when integrating with Windows domain
I'm trying to let a user named "linuxuser" can only login to a specific domain computer.
My test environment description:
Windows Server 2016 with Active Directory Service
Ubuntu Server 20....
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What is the reason for having or restricting file owner's permissions?
As discussed in Understanding UNIX permissions and file types, each file has permission settings ("file mode") for:
the owner / user ("u"),
the owner's group ("g"), and
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How to force Group for new folders IN new folders with SFTP Ubuntu
I'm running into this issue where I use g+s and a chgrp to set the group, but when I create a new file or folder in a new directory, it doesn't inherit the group.
For example:
/dir1 has g+s and a ...
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Why must I provide authentication to mount SATA HDDs? Why are they in read-only mode?
I am running Fedora 35 dual booted on a Dell G5-5000, and have two or three HDDs connected via SATA (including the drive that Fedora on). When I attempt to access the drives in Nautilus for the first ...
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Restricting access on parent directories but enabling read-write access for subdirectories
I want to know if it's possible to recursively restrict read and write access to a folder with subfolders and files but enable it for only one subdirectory?
Example directory structure:
dir/
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Why the "Other" permission is excluding the owner and the group?
It may be rare to do so, but if one created a file and revoke the permissions, the owner (as well as the group users) can no longer access the file.
midnite@gentoo_bazic /home/midnite % touch file
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How can I allow multiple users or groups the w+x access to a certain directory? [duplicate]
I'm aware of how to change the owner or group of a directory. However, I want to know that how I can allow multiple groups or users to have w+x access to a certain directory without chaning the actual ...
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umask ACLs and socket permissions
I looked at the answer here How to set default file permissions for all folders/files in a directory?
And set the acls using setfacl
getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
# file: run/...
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Permission problem when running "apt-get update" [duplicate]
can someone help me out on this; I'm trying to update Wine on my ubuntu 16.04 LTS using:
apt-get update
but the result shows this:
Reading package lists... Done
W: chmod 0700 of directory /var/lib/...
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A directory that is owned by some non-superuser, but can't be deleted by them
Is it possible to create a directory that its owner can't delete? Let's say I have directory bar owned by user foo, and I'd like to create a subdirectory bar/baz, also owned by foo, such that:
foo ...
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How can I access a flash drive without having to be root?
I was wondering how I could access a flash drive without having to be root?
I am accessing it on NixOS below (and will have to access it on a printer, which may have the permission problem).
$ lsblk
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Make newly created files in a directory automatically inherit the user and group id of the directory
In Linux, if I have a directory belonging to a user user and a group group, how is it possible to make it so that each time I create or move a file in the directory, this file automatically acquires ...
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Using allow_utime with exfat
Considering the fact that exfat does not store ownership information of files, is it possible to mount an exfat partition in Linux with an allow_utime option that is also available for vfat? If not, ...
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cd into directory throws "permission error". Which directory needs execute permission? [duplicate]
Note: I have read and think I understand what's written in Execute vs Read bit. How do directory permissions in Linux work?
But I may be missing where in the hierarchy that execute directory ...
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Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied) (running as sudo)
I am trying to install Veeam Agent on a fresh Lubuntu 20.04 installation. I've downloaded the latest Veeam package, but get this when I try to install:
~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i ./veeam-release* &...
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Linux Bible 10th Edition: why -exec cp can't copy files even with super user privileges?
I read "Linux Bible 10th Edition" at 130 page. Exercise №7:
Create a /tmp/FILES directory. Find all files under the /usr/share
directory that are more than 5MB and less than 10MB and copy ...
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How to list directories I have access to?
I don't know how to describe very well the situation. I don't have access to a directory, but I do have access to some stuff within that directory.
For example:
In /path
[me@pc path]$ ls
ls: cannot ...
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What is the difference between SUID file permission and ACL?
What is the difference between SUID and ACL file permission? Also, when should I use either?
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systemctl --user enable won't create directories, errors as a result
Whenever I run systemctl --user enable <some-unit>, it complains:
/xdg/config/home/systemd/user/<install-section.wants-or-requires>/<some-unit>.service does not exist
to which my ...
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How to run a process with read-only permissions?
I am running a bunch of python3 scripts containing programming assignments. I'd like to run them on a machine such that they are unable to modify (add/remove/write-to) the file system.
Is there a way ...
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" sudo su - " is switching the user but files are getting created with parent id
We have one bash command with one user "useradm" which runs a command as
sudo su - platfrmapi; sh script.sh
sudo su - platfrmapi; cp script.sh script_2.sh
The user-switching is happening ...
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How does Linux keep track of file permissions?
This might be a dumb question, however I was wondering how does Linux keep track of the file permissions? We know if we do a "ls -l" we can see the file permissions but when I change the ...
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Why do i get a forbidden error when i change the symbolic-link for typo3?
I am currently using Typo3 8.7.32 and would like to update to the ELTS version 8.7.45. I have tried to install the new version manually via the Plesk web interface. When I change the sym-link in the ...
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SSH to Ubuntu Permission Denied
I freshly installed Ubuntu 20.04.04 on a laptop and performed all necessary steps to enable SSH on it:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
I am fully aware and verified the IP, ...
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How to make a directory only accessible by local user not remote root user?
I have a CentOS 7.9 machine, logging in as my normal user account and access a directory that has my forms and SSN in it. Other users in the network who has the root account can ssh to my box and ...
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How can i get permission to copy files from one folder to another?
So i was trying to copy some files from one folder to another using the cp command, but when tried it gave me this error:
debian@OCR-1:/mnt/rootfs/boot$ ls
MLO omap3-overo-storm-arbor43c....
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Can I take away permission from a specific user in the command setfacL?
I know that this setfacl is to give permission:
setfacl -m u:user:rwx myfolder
But is there one to take permissions such as:
setfacl -m u:user:-rwx myfolder
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OpenSSH permissions, and locked out questions
When attempting to SSH from my laptop to an EC2 instance in Amazon, the ssh command failed telling me the permissions to my .pem file were too open. I used chmod to set the permissions on the file to ...
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give access to /home/$USER/targetfolder only to me and a partner
I'm working on a server where current users (group=domainusers gid=1002) can read, write and run ONLY our own files.
Because of my kind of permissions I'm not able to run apt | adduser | addgroup | ...
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