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Is there a maximum number of groups?
We started an Ubuntuserver for versioncontrol and would like to access our repositories via ssh.
As we need to give access to several external developers I thought it would be the best way to create a ...
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Group Share Quota Related Issue
Good Day,
I want to share my experience regarding setting up Group Share Quota for my Domain Users in Samba 4. But before that, here is the basic information I have with my current setup:
Server: ...
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how to remove a group and its users
I tried to create the svn user in my server,and I create a new group svn and add the current user maven to the group svn.
sudo groupadd svn
sudo chgrp svn /usr/local/svn/repos
sudo usermod -a -G svn ...
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Allowing non-root access to PTP Cameras [closed]
On an 11.04 system when I insert a PTP camera it lists but it doesn't allow access to it. I have to start the photo management application (be it Shotwell or any other) with root access to be able to ...
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Is it possible to change the group of a file if I am not part of that group?
Is it possible to use chgrp or chown to change a file's group to one that I as the owner am not a part of? I own the file, but I am not part of the group that I want to change it to, so can it be done ...
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mask and effective?
What is a mask and effective at output?
getfacl /var/www:
getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
file: var/www
owner: Name
group: Name
user::-wx
user:Test:rwx
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Problem understanding file permissions
I have a problem understanding some aspects of file permissions. The situation is this:
I created a directory as /to using sudo and then changed it's permissions to drwxrwsr-x. I also changed the ...
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How to set permissions to use jpilot and synchronize?
The information and manuals are so bad that I had to discover that I need to sudo to execute
pilot-xfer -p usb: -r <directory>
successfully in order to restore a Palm handheld connected to a ...
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On nfs4 share wish new files to have the unique user name, but all have same group?
My wife and I save music files (in /mnt/audio=/srv4/audio on client) to our nsf4 share. I would like the new files to have our user name but all the same group.
I suspect I may need to add a ...
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Facebook groupchat + empathy
I can't take part in a facebook group chat with Empathy. Do you know if there is a solution for this issue? Thanks a lot!
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How to access a file belonging to some other group?
I saw this problem in an online hacking competition. The question asked us to print the contents of the file "secret"
bruce@ip-10-144-4-86:/home/hacker-weekly$ ll
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 2 ...
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Preconfigured group
Does anyone know where to find detail description or documentation for preconfigured groups on Ubuntu 12.04?
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only member of 1 group when using vmware console but member of many when using ssh
Ubuntu 12.04.01 LTS hosted by VMWARE
When I use a Terminal window in the console using vmware vSphere as myself, 'id' only shows I'm a member of the main group (ie group in /etc/passwd).
However, ...
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How to group apps in Unity Launcher [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I put more applications in a Unity icon?
Gnome Panels used to have trays, where I can add multiple entries so that I can group applications together.
How can I ...
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Default groups for user in Ubuntu 12.10?
Installed HP Linux Imaging and Printing by using install script and something crashed. Now I'm only member of my own group and lp.
Which are the default groups for users in Ubuntu 12.10? Same as ...
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udev hide partition in nautilus for specific user/group
I'm trying to hide a partition form a specific group of users in Ubuntu 12.04.
I have created a new rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/99-hide-disk.rules with
KERNEL="sda3",ENV{UDISKS_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"
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How to enable “group and tab” effect?
I want to know how to enable this effect in Ubuntu 12.10:
Plugins/Group - Compiz Wiki
I didn't find it in CCSM.
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How to create/edit/remove a group in Empathy
In 12.04 with Empathy 3.4.2.3 I can't seem to find the options for adding, removing or even editing a group. Are there still there or moved where?
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Permissions scheme not working
I am currently building a home server and I am trying to give minimal permissions to every service. I am new to permissions management and this is an awesome learning experience for me :).
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directory permissions adding user in a group
I added a user using useradd
useradd -g upperdevs myuser
But when I do an id check I didn't see the upperdevs group.
id myuser
#uid=1000(myuser) gid=1000(myuser) groups=1000(myuser),27(sudo)
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directory permissions adding user in a group
I added a user using useradd
useradd -g upperdevs myuser
But when I do an id check I didn't see the upperdevs group.
id myuser
#uid=1000(myuser) gid=1000(myuser) groups=1000(myuser),27(sudo)
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I'm in a group but can't create or modify files [closed]
I have two user accounts. Let's say one is User1 and the other is User2.
Both of these accounts are in the "root" group.
I made a folder with some files in it. The owner is User1 and the group is ...
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polkit: disable all users except those in group wheel?
Is it possible to do the following using 1 polkit .pkla file?
Disable all users except those in the wheel group from using polkit.
The users in the wheel group will need to provide the root password ...
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Other /home directory
I've worked for some time with ubuntu and know the basics but I'm having some trouble with the /home directory.
So I installed Ubuntu and it created a 10GB partition for the installation of programs ...
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How do I limit users in a certain group to using a few specific apps? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I restrict program access to other users?
I want to let users in a particular group use Firefox, Remmina Remote Desktop and Printers, but no other applications ...
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Standard user use software center
i have created a user and add him to the standard group
now he cannot use software center,
so i want him to stay in standard group but allow him to user software center.
What is the best way to do ...
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How to find owner and group of a directory?
How can I find out owner and group of a directory in Ubuntu?
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Does Landscape support user management?
Does Landscape support the following user management features?
create user
delete user
change password for user with given username
add user to group
remove user from group
set user login shell
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id command with and without user specified
As in the title, I wonder why there exists any difference as below:
issue "id" without username:
ygl@lyg-VirtualBox:~$ id
uid=1001(ygl) gid=1002(ygl) groups=1002(ygl),112(nopasswdlogin)
with the ...
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How to change primary group
I want to remove user pserver from the group apache.
#deluser pserver apache
/usr/sbin/deluser: You may not remove the user from their primary group.
Now I want to add a new primary group.
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How can I setup a shared directory so that files moved/copied into the directory inherit the directory's permissions? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Shared folders for all users
There have been several questions regarding the creation of a shared directory accessible to all users of a group (notably this one); ...
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I waste time opening and closing groups of applications
I'd like to click a button that launches my group of applications that I need for graphical design. Then after a few hours be able to close them and open all my social applications (Empathy, ...
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What happens if a file/folder owner gets deleted?
What happens when I delete a group wich is owner of certain folders and files? Who become the owner then?
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How to check rights of certain group
I've a group on my system and I don't know which permission it has. Where can I find all group permissions?
EDIT
I see that I didn't made clear what I meant. I want to so an output like this:
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Run as group fails (sudo -g)
I would like to run a command with temporary group membership but it seems that I don't have permission to do that. As an example, if I run sudo -g internet ls, I get the message Sorry, user ...
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Users and Groups No Save Button
I am trying to add User Privileges; Use modems & Connect to wireless & ethernet networks to my current & only user profile.
It'll ask for my password & I am admin, but the ...
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Can I specify tighter security group controls in EC2?
I see juju creates a new security group when we do a bootstrap .But this security group is so open that it allows all the machine inside the group to access all the ports. Is it possible to create a ...
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Incompatible group permissions in Linux - Is it a bug?
I am on Ubuntu 11.04. I am creating another user and placing an existing user in the group of other user, hoping to write in the home directory of other user.
# uname -a
Linux vini 2.6.38-11-generic ...
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Adding an existing user to another group
I am having this strange problem. I am using usermod to add an existing user to another group. I want to create a new user and add an old user to this new user's group. To do this, I am doing the ...
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Why doesn't id-tool show latest added group?
I wanted to add myself to a group called vboxusers while the following situation occured:
At first let's see how it looks before we do anything:
$ id
uid=1001(me) gid=1001(me) ...
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Can a directory belong to more than one group?
Can a directory belong to more than one group?
(On windows it seems possible - but when I do an ls - it looks like there is only one group available.)
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my User not a part of any system group
i was trying something on my ubuntu 12.04 ...
basically trying to get my PLex mediaserver to detect movies from network shares
and i thought to add my user and root to group plex that the server ...
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What is the equivalent user for nobody:nobody from CentOS?
I am converting from centOS and am used to having a nobody:nobody user:group for running services. Does Ubuntu have a similar best practice user:group combination for running a service?
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Cannot find name for group ID 127 [closed]
Can anyone help with my latest problem, 65 updates came through today and after rebooting I now have this message in Terminal.
groups: cannot find name for group ID 127
I've done a cat /etc/group
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Is there a graphical method for modifying users' group memberships?
If I want to fine-tune a user's permissions, can I do it using a graphical interface?
On the User Accounts screen I only see the option to change something called "Account type" between Standard and ...
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In 12.04 where are 'groups'? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to manage users and groups?
In 12.04 where do I find 'groups'? It used to be under users but I can't find it now. I am trying to set up shared folders in ...
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What command changes the Group setting for a directory?
I am having an access problem to some files and directories that I have tracked down to the group assigned to access them. WHen I manually change the name of the group in the properties/permissions ...
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How can I find the password to www-data group to so I can change directory access rights?
I am running Ubuntu on a Oracle Vbox in Windows 7 to develop a website. I have a set of directories that have Owner rw permissions but the group www-data does not have rights on the directories . I ...
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Set usergroup and persmissions ftp folder back to default
Argh, I tried to create a new ftp user via the commandline.
But i did something wrong and now I can access the server via FTP but I can't see any files. It doesn't make any sense wich user I'm using.
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