Short for "file system permissions" - access control based on user, group, or global access.
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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 ...
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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 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 ...
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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:
# ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Unable to delete file from read-only file system
I cannot delete files, when I tried to delete the file, this message appeard:
"Error while deleting. There was an error deleting file2.rar."
This is what I get from clicking on SHOW MORE ...
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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 ...
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Permission denied moving files
Extreme noob here so please point me in the direction for beginners!
I have managed to mount my Box.net account following these instructions.
However when I copy files and paste them into a file ...
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USB Device first mounted as root, then by user
When I connect my Kindle, it shows up as an usb0 media, which I can read but not write (owner = root).
However, if I do sudo umount /media/usb0, usb0 gets unmounted and a Kindle media gets mounted ...
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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 ...
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Inheritable chmod permission from parent directory
I have a directory named cache in /var/www, where I need to provide permission in following way:
sudo chmod -R 777 cache
but that's not enough because PHP script automatically creates ...
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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 ...
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Why can root still edit files with a permission of 0?
I just wanted to delete most files from an external HD except some certain ones. So I chmod these ones to 0 and did a sudo rm -r ./*. Painfully, the result was that everything got deleted.
Why is ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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Configuring permissions with Bastille
I was using Bastille to improve the security of my OS. To set this software properly, it ask you several questions related to security rules and you respond it (Y-N). I'm stuck at this question that I ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Change folder permission
What permission should i apply to a folder so that everyone can see the hierarchy and all the files inside but they should not be able to read and write them.
The folder can have multiple other ...
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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 ...
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Why can I only run Hamster Time Tracker as root?
I've installed Project Hamster from source with:
git clone git://git.gnome.org/hamster-applet
cd hamster-applet
./waf configure build --prefix=/usr
sudo ./waf install
Attempting to run it as myself ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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SFTP permission denied on files owned by www-data
I have a pretty standard server set up running Apache and PHP. An app I am running creates files and these are owned by the Apache user www-data. Files that I upload via SFTP are owned by my own user ...
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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 ...
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Change folder permissions and ownership
I would like the user to have full rights on this folder (as well as all sub-directories and files in it):
~/.blabla
currently owned by root.
I have found numerous posts (in this forum and ...
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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 ...
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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
...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How do i give permissions to all subfolders of a folder ? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to avoid using sudo when working in /var/www?
I am using Ubuntu. Though I have given permission to my htdocs for access and delete. But I want it to be done for any ...
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Startup Disk Creator Unable to Access directory
I am trying to create a startup disk from a usb and when I use the startup disk creator, I get an error that says startup disk can not access /tmp/tmp... Can I run this app as admin or root? I've ...
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Why do question mark characters appear when changing the permissions of directory?
I am trying to change permissions of a folder temporarily whose initial permissions are
user@ubuntu:/var/log$ ls -l squid*
squid3:
total 4
-rw-r----- 1 proxy proxy 0 Jan 16 14:43 access.log
...
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Problem Accessing Old OS X Documents
I have just installed Ubuntu onto my MacBook Pro. I stupidly deleted BootCamp during the Installation which means I am unable to boot back into Mac OS, however my main issue is gaining access to my ...
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Running “update-grub” doesn't update GRUB!
When I run either sudo update-grub or sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg, it proceeds as normal, but when I check /boot/grub/grub.cfg, the file is the same as before even though I have ...
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How do I get and keep access to encrypted home dir on an external drive?
I have a clean new install of 12.04 on my internal drive. On my external drive I have everything that used to be on this drive. The file I'm concerned with right now is my old home folder from ...
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How do I gain access to these files?
When I open the subfolder of my old home folder that I saved on an external hard drive I don't see any more folders I ree a read me file with this in side.
THIS DIRECTORY HAS BEEN UNMOUNTED TO ...
