Short for "file system permissions" - access control based on user, group, or global access.
0
votes
0answers
16 views
Permissions question for lighttpd [duplicate]
Ok, I thought I understood linux permissions and users and groups and all that, but I'm very confused about something. I've installed lighttpd, and left it's default dir at /var/www with cgi enabled ...
0
votes
3answers
171 views
How can I get root-like permissions so I can download stuff from the software center?
When downloading an application from the terminal it said I couldn't download it because I wasn't root, and when I got to search for the specific software in the Ubuntu software center it doesn't even ...
3
votes
1answer
36 views
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
...
0
votes
2answers
102 views
How to change the location that MongoDB uses to store its data?
I edited the MongoDB config file to store it's data in /home/user/data/mongod.
But data is still written to the old directory, supposedly because the permissions to the new folder are not granted - ...
5
votes
1answer
64 views
Why does Ubuntu apply separate permissions to partitions mounted with the same parameters?
Here's my partition setup. I've shortened the UUIDs for readability, and, before anyone asks, I've carefully checked that I copied the correct UUIDs into /etc/fstab.
me@ubuntu:/$ sudo blkid
...
0
votes
0answers
160 views
unable to access files in home folder by using ubuntu 12.04 live cd
I was trying to access my files in home folder of Ubuntu but I was using liveCD to access those files. I got the following error:
Error while copying
The folder ... cannot be copied because you do ...
1
vote
0answers
365 views
Configure vsftpd to chown uploaded files
I have vsftpd up and running on my Ubuntu server. This is a development server and I want to be able to FTP my code directly to the directory which Apache is serving out.
As most of you know, ...
0
votes
0answers
108 views
Resolution will NOT change. xfce-bug
I have this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-settings/+bug/331751?comments=all in Ubuntu 12.10.
I've played Teeworld, and after I exitted it, the screen was in 640X480.
It does not ...
2
votes
2answers
180 views
Why doesn't chmod work on a file under /media?
I want to execute a script file from terminal but it shows error
root@silambarasan-PC:/media/D-DEVELOPME/androidSdk/adt-bundle-linux-x86/sdk/tools# ./android
-bash: ./android: Permission denied`
so ...
1
vote
1answer
138 views
Why Ubuntu ask me for for root password while upgrading?
I frequently upgrade the desktop of my daughter (using ubuntu 12.04.1) through the official processes,but in the latest attempt the computer is asking for a root (or super user) password. In the past ...
1
vote
1answer
255 views
Ubuntu 12.04: Problem editing file in recovery mode using the shell
I'm pretty new to ubuntu/linux and I guess I messed up my /etc/fstab file. Ubuntu (12.04) won't boot anymore. I've found some tips on the internet on how to fix this, but I didn't manage to get them ...
1
vote
2answers
69 views
How can I get access to the folder that I've copied to /opt?
I've just copied a folder named journey to the /opt directory of home folder using the following command:
sudo cp -r '/media/B60EB9810EB93B67/xampp/htdocs/journey/' '/opt/lampp/htdocs'
Now I can't ...
1
vote
1answer
106 views
fstab. allow 2 users mount NTFS with passwd. Deny other users. possible?
i've seen this answer, but it requires the partition to always be mounted (and do the user access via group perms on the root FS that mounted the NTFS)
What i'm hopping to be possible, is to allow ...
3
votes
1answer
39 views
Finding all directories with a certain string then changing permissions
I'm trying to combine two things.
I have to set permissions on a number of directories, all of which have "domain-" in their name.
I wanted to "find all directories in the current directory that ...
1
vote
0answers
44 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
352 views
Can't copy/cut/paste into my external harddrive
I have a 1 TB external hard drive and I can't write anything on there. I have some movies on there and I can watch them perfectly fine but I can copy new files to there, it's just grayed out.
I ...
0
votes
2answers
152 views
How to give a new user permissions to call sudo without a prompt for sudo password?
I am setting up a server in Amazon EC2. I created an image from Amazon's provided images of Ubuntu x64 12 LTS. My goal is to set up a secure svn server there, where access is only possible by IP ...
-1
votes
1answer
38 views
Why can't I use a partition?
I converted one of my NTFS partitions to ext4 format with the GParted tool. Now, I can not copy, or create, any files on that partition.
0
votes
0answers
28 views
Apache2 XAMPP - permissions for DirRoot wont change
I am trying to set up Apache2 on Ubuntu 12.10 with XAMPP. I have an external HDD that I plan on using for the Doc-Root, so I changed the Doc-Root to /media/root/external; but when I try to change the ...
1
vote
1answer
73 views
Most suitable permissions for mounted internal disk shared with Windows?
I've been using Ubuntu/Linux for a few years now but I'm still learning..
I've just updated to 12.10 after installing a Samsung 830 128GB SSD which has Windows and Ubuntu OS's dualboot on it. My old ...
2
votes
1answer
168 views
Unable to open Update manager or Ubuntu tweak
I cannot open Update manager and Ubuntu Tweak
when I open Ubuntu tweak I get this log
user@laptop:~$ ubuntu-tweak
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-tweak", line 124, in ...
1
vote
2answers
119 views
Terminal command to clean tmp folder and set permission flags
Because of a low-graphics error I am not able to log into my system anymore. Well .. I am not seeing any graphical interface (solutions here How to fix "The system is running in low-graphics ...
0
votes
2answers
257 views
Permission denied for using some files or copying files to desktop
Sometimes ago i experienced couple of errors in my Ubuntu 12.10 and i was getting the permission denied error in a lot of Softwares. Finally i found the solution. I found out that a lot of the files ...
1
vote
2answers
166 views
How do I restore the default permission on a directory/folder?
I am using ubuntu 10.04,I need to give execute permission in www folder.But by mistake i gave execute permission in whole var folder.sudo chmod -R 777 /varThen i try to change it into normal ...
0
votes
2answers
559 views
How could I mount an ext4 partition and have write permission?
I've set the /etc/fstab file so that I can mount an ext4 partition on startup and I did it with the following options : rw, auto, nouser, exec, sync.
The problem is that I can't create or delete any ...
0
votes
0answers
43 views
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 ...
2
votes
2answers
159 views
Configuring mongo DB to work with NTFS drive
I have 120 GB SSD Drive with two partitions (NTFS with Windows and ext4 with Ubintu) and 2TB NTFS HDD shared between Windows and Ubuntu.
I configured my HDD to be properly mounted on system boot:
# ...
2
votes
2answers
100 views
Why can't I change some file permissions?
I use Ubuntu 12.10 and whenever I click on .tex file it says it is an executable file. I wanted to remove this and tried gksu nautilus, but I can't tick off the permission. When I try to remove the ...
1
vote
0answers
50 views
Nautilus Error 22688 and power management
I have seen questions covering the various types of dismissable warnings such as this #255 error:
mfg@paprika:~/Websites$ gksudo nautilus
Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it ...
0
votes
0answers
394 views
Mount USB drive with write permissions for everyone or specific user
I know there are similar questions but I get some specific problem I can't overcome.
I have:
HDD split into two partitions. /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2. sdb1 is NTFS and I don't need it. I need sdb2 ...
2
votes
0answers
55 views
Lost Permission of Home Directory
I recently messed up my Ubuntu Setup, so I re-installed and choose to use my existing Home directory .
Now I cannot launch Ubuntu-Tweak as myself, but am able to do so with sudo command.
Any help ...
0
votes
1answer
132 views
Change WebDav permissions for creating files and folders
Files and folders created through webdav are assigned www-data.www-data and permission 740. I've already added my user to the www-data group, but I'd like to change the permission to 770, so I can ...
0
votes
0answers
57 views
Apache permission issue: home directory after log out
I have used VirtualHost to set the root document of my domain into my user's home directory. If I login the user, the webpage could be displayed in the navigator. However, if the corresponding user ...
0
votes
0answers
45 views
File Permission Change
Recently I uploaded a audiobook in which only 5 of the 20 chapters would work. Every chapter has a -rw-r-r code. In a terminal, it acknowledges I am the owner but it refuses to allow me to delete the ...
2
votes
1answer
83 views
Script to change permission on content, and move files to other folder
I have a program that downloads some files. I want those files to automatically change permissions to 755, and get moved to another folder on my system. I want this to autorun every hour.
Is this ...
2
votes
0answers
41 views
Does enabling ACLs have an effect on performance?
I'm looking at a web application that needs ACLs enabled. Are there any benchmarks or other documents to show what potential impact ACL does{n't} have when the file system is under heavy load?
Also, ...
1
vote
0answers
28 views
how do i gain acceess to a drive that owned by deleted user on ubuntu 11.10?
I did some trial on command line and creating a user account from it, then I logged off and logging to that newly created account (let us call it newaccount). Then I mounted one of my drive (I named ...
0
votes
1answer
46 views
How can I change folder permissions in a luks encrypted partition
I have a folder in a luks encrypted partition /media/user/luks-partition/folder on Ubuntu 12.10.
I am not able to change folder's permissions. I tried using the nautilus gui and chroot both as ...
1
vote
1answer
88 views
Changed Permissions, Now Cannot see contents of Drive
I was having problems reading all files on an extra hard drive so I attempted to "fix" this with these commands as root:
chown dave:dave /media/250GB
chmod 644 * /media/250GB
I'm now unable to see ...
0
votes
2answers
191 views
Automounted USB devices are read only
Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 the automout of USB devices does not work as expected. When I plug in a storage device it is recognized correctly but I do not have write privileges on it. I thought, ...
0
votes
1answer
209 views
java exception: No such file or directory
I am trying to run a GATE application via jetty web application server in Ubuntu. I am getting
java.io.IOException:
error=2,
No such file or directory because of a particular GATE plugin ...
1
vote
1answer
227 views
Setting up wireshark for non root user
I am setting up wireshark to run as non root user, a la here, that is:
sudo apt-get install wireshark
sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common
sudo usermod -a -G wireshark $USER
(restart)
This is ...
1
vote
1answer
120 views
How to mount disc with exec permissions
I have a storage drive I normally mount just clicking on the disc in the file browser. However, I want to be able to run some bash scripts from that drive. When I try ./script.sh I get Permission ...
0
votes
1answer
165 views
12.10 403 Forbidden SymLink
I am trying to set up a simple development environment and even after setting all the permissions, I can't get past the 403 error
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
...
0
votes
1answer
88 views
Give access to a specific user to a specific folder within a group? [Terminal]
I have created a file, admin, that I want to assign to a group, admingroup, and later on give a specific user, adminuser, exclusive access to that file but I have no idea how.
5
votes
1answer
180 views
How to get permissions to compile a C program from NTFS hard drive?
I have this problem: I'm used to compile and run .c files with codeblocks. If I do that from my Desktop (ext partition) it works without problems, but doing this from my secondary hard drive (NTFS ...
0
votes
1answer
82 views
How can I execute scripts as root without pointing to its location?
I tend to use sudo arp-scan --localnet --interface wlan0 a lot, but I find it cumbersome to type this each time. To speed things up, I've created a script, called arp-lw-scan, which should do this for ...
1
vote
0answers
53 views
Blocking non-admin user from using DVD drive
How can I stop a non-admin user from using the DVD drive (specifically burning DVDs if possible, but all access denied is fine too). I've tried removing them from cdrom group but this did not seem to ...
0
votes
1answer
223 views
Remove sudo password when connecting to *new* WiFi network
So currently when my non-admin user tries to connect to a new WiFi network (e.g. at a cafe say) NetworkManager prompts for the admin user's password. Is there a way to turn this off and to allow the ...
1
vote
1answer
593 views
How do I give www-data user to a folder in my home folder?
I have a folder: /home/myuser/folderA
I want to give www-data user write access to the above, while 'myuser' continues to have normal access (as it is myuser's home folder anyway).
Which commands do ...
