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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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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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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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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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2
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1answer
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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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0
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1answer
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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)
...
0
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0answers
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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 ...
2
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1answer
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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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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 ...
2
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1answer
893 views
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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3
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0answers
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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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2answers
200 views
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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2answers
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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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2answers
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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 ...
2
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1answer
246 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
277 views
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 ...
3
votes
1answer
507 views
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 ...
0
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1answer
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Change user's primary group - have new files made in that group
I am setting up an environment where I am giving several users SSH access on my server. They are all trusted, but I want to corral them into a segment of the filesystem. I created the users like so:
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0
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1answer
343 views
Find out what account an application runs as
Im in the middle of trying to set up a tomcat environment on my development machine. Im having trouble running applications, and it looks like its down to file permissions. The directory containing ...
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2answers
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Adding user to a group - Why had to reboot?
I was not able to access the VirtualBox shared folder, so I made the user part of the vboxsf group. But, still not able to access it. Rebooting the guest resolved the problem. Is it a bug? A reboot is ...
2
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2answers
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How to prevent users from accessing root directory
While still allowing my account to access the root directory. I've tried adding myself to the root group with $ sudo adduser myaccount root but when I do $ sudo chmod o-r /etc followed by $ cd /etc $ ...
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4answers
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What is the difference between the 'sudo' and 'admin' group?
I noticed that two groups are granted similar-looking permissions in /etc/sudoers:
# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
# Allow members of group sudo to execute ...
4
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1answer
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Nautilus automount - controlling GID/UID/mode bits
How do I set GID/UID and mode bits assigned to the directory in /media, to which my USB drive is auto-mounted when I plug it in (i.e. to the directory, which represents the drive itself, e.g. ...
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2answers
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What do the groups do in “Users and Groups”?
I know that some define permissions on the file system (such as www-data). But I don't understand why this question was answered successfully by adding a user to the "Video" group.
So the question ...
