Questions tagged [permissions]
Short for "file system permissions" - access control based on user, group, or global access.
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In dialout group for Chirp but USB port still not working
I've followed every available instruction and "fix" over countless hours for months. Still haven't got Chirp to work - ever. Cannot get USB access after following all instructions and fixes. ...
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node_modules installation on external SSD fails with "EPERM" error when installing packages
I'm trying to install Node.js packages on an external SSD connected to my Ubuntu operating system. However, I'm encountering an error during the installation process. Here are the details:
Operating ...
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file/directory access control for multiple users across network
I have the following setup:
LDAP Server for users/groups
Several Ubuntu computing servers
NFS Server running on Ubuntu Server shared across all computing servers
NFS Server running on Synology NAS ...
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Access files in ext4 partition created in different computer
I created lots of files and folder on a drive, formatted as ext4, on a machine with user name theuser. By default all files and folder are owned by that user and group. Now i change to use that drive ...
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How to enable a non root user to substitute the file /etc/hosts by cp command, without the sudo command?
On my lubuntu 22.04 I need to change the file /etc/hosts. To do that I would to execute the command:
> /usr/bin/cp /path/to/new_hosts /etc/hosts
by a non root user without the sudo command. To do ...
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How can I add a 51-gcadapter.rules file to the /lib/udev/rules.d folder?
I have installed the Dolphin Emulator through the Ubuntu Software App, as no ppa's worked for me. However, my Mayflash gamecube controller adapter is not recognized by the emulator. I set this up ...
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I made a mistake with chown command
i was tried to run a command sudo chown -R $USER:$USER . in a specific folder, but i pressed the button / instead of .
I canceled the command before it ended, but it certainly changed the owner of ...
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How to allow anonymous access to a shared directory?
I have Ubuntu 22.04 in Windows domain LAN.
My idea is: to create a shared folder which is accessible for any users from Windows without name/pwd dialogs.
I have installed Samba server, created a ...
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Cant add user picture and thumbnails wont display Ubuntu 22.04
I had been struggling with username change for a while, and last night I felt like I knew enough abt bash to give this a bash. The last time I added a new user it somehow made my main user account not ...
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Linux authentication required password change for user
I have some little challenge for UBUNTU Admins. If I start "snap install chrome". I get an windows "Authentication Required" But this User "lokal_admin1" is for ...
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Permission denied when trying to mount nfs on Ubuntu 22.01
My servers are all on Ubuntu 20.04 except one that I have migrated to 22.04 as a test. I encountered a problem mounting a shared scratch disk that is part of my backend network.
The answers here did ...
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is it possible to deny access to an app to my input devices which i have installed through `sudo apt-get install`?
the company i am working for has made me install an employee monitoring app on my personal laptop which I have installed via sudo apt-get install command. I come to know that the app can take ...
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Can't delete files on thumb drive, where I previously could
Since I can't move files between my 2 ubuntu 22 PCs, I have been using a thumb drive when I want to move a file. Works fine. But all of a sudden I can't delete files. So, I started using those ...
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Need help with a Netplan configuration issue
When I did sudo netplan apply, it shows me permission warnings.
Below are the same exact messages shown by the terminal.
** (generate:2496): WARNING **: 05:24:24.943: Permissions for /etc/netplan/00-...
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Installing postgresql. Last line says: 'could not change directory to "home/user": Permission denied'
I am getting ready for a coding bootcamp and have followed certain instructions to install Linux (Ubuntu v22.04). The installation went fine but then I am told to enter the following command into the ...
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/etc/fstab mount as user?
Good Morning all,
When I use my fstab command below, it seems to be mounting the directory as root causing me to be unable to edit anything:
192.168.1.74:/volume1/Barry/Plex/tv2 /mnt/plex/media/tv2 ...
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Please help - directory permissions going weird
I've been working on my home server for nearly 2 weeks, at the same time I'm learning Ubuntu and I got everything to a place where I want it, then today - something, went wrong..
I have three main ...
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Is it possible to add a connection by nmcli command without sudo?
I'm working with a lubuntu 22.04 distribution. I need to execute the following command by a user without root privileges:
> nmcli c add ifname enp3s0 type ethernet con-name 'connection-test'
The ...
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how to manage forbidden acces s to id.archive.ubuntu [duplicate]
I tried update my ubuntu 22.04, but this is what i got:
how to maintenance this?
Err:4 http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
403 Forbidden [IP: 202.79.180.254 80]
Err:6 http://...
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Running Ubuntu as an app under Windows 11, how can I locate a specific file in the Ubuntu file structure (which I can see from the Windows side)?
The file I need to edit, php.ini, sits in this directory (per Windows):
Linux > Ubuntu > etc > php > 8.1 > apache2 > , or, apparently,
\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\etc\php\8.1\apache2
How ...
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No permission to edit config files
I have a problem with editing config files. E.g. in the opt/ folder. I understand that I need to do this as root. But even with
sudo gedit path/filename
it doesn’t work (see screenshot).
With sudoedit ...
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Can't drag-and-drop files from NAS
I don't know when it changed but I used to be able to drag a subtitle file from my NAS and drop it into celluloid to activate subtitles. Now I have to pause the video and use the menu to open a ...
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dpkg problem lock file
While installing a package I have got a dpkg error. When I try to:
sudo dpkg --configure -a:
dpkg: error: unable to access the dpkg database directory /var/lib/dpkg: Read-only file ...
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How to make other users have read access on a folder in my home?
My server is ubuntu22.04 and AppArmor is enabled. I want to share my folders (/home/syang/public) with other users. I give the read permission by chmod -R go+rX /home/syang/public, but they still ...
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Is it possible to have different ssh keys for ssh login and sftp on the same ubuntu user
Is it possible to have different ssh keys for ssh login and sftp on the same ubuntu user, I've tried a lot of things until now and I was not successful, through chatGPT,i tried searching on google but ...
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error: system does not fully support snapd: cannot mount squashfs image using "squashfs": exec: "mount": executable file not found in $PATH
Error: Snapd Unable to Mount Squashfs Image with 'mount' Executable Not Found
I encountered an error while using Snap on my Ubuntu system. The error message states that the system does not fully ...
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Use 1.0 TB volume device owned by root, how to add files and folders?
I have a formatted (was windows) 2 TB SSD with Ubuntu 22.04 installed. No Windows on this drive. There was a formatted 1 TB drive on the PC when Ubuntu was installed. No windows on this drive. I ...
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How to fix permissions when using "ecryptfs' command
I am trying to recover an encrypted home directory from an Ubuntu installation hard drive, attached as an external hard drive to my current Ubuntu system.
I opened a terminal and launched some ...
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Cannot chmod for a folder from other hard disk
I have a SSD and a HDD in my laptop. Ubuntu is in SSD. The HDD is divided to 2 partition. 500GB for window and 500GB for both with FAT format (called DATA). I must work with sudo each time I work on ...
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How to copy files from root directory of a failed ubuntu drive
My Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 system is stuck booting into emergency mode. So I thought I would backup my files and data and reinstall everything from scratch.
I plugged my SSD and Hard drive to my Windows ...
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How to deny some commands from a specific IP address?
I was inspecting some browsers securities and while entering a game page my snort rules detected this.
It was something about an privilege escalation from this server. I don't want to block it, ...
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How do I give network share users permissions to access mounted NTFS drives?
I have a machine I've just set up running Ubuntu 22.04.2, and have 3 NTFS hard drives mounted in the filesystem. I'm running a Plex server on the machine so have run into issues already with NTFS ...
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Permission denied (publickey) but the server is not using public key authentication
I just accidentally used ssh-keygen -R (ip address) but later i found the server authentication is not based on the public key authentication but just password authentication.
now when i type ssh ...
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sudo apt install warning when using .deb files directly downloaded from a URL [duplicate]
After using sudo apt install foobar.deb where foobar below is for installing proprietary zoom from the Zoom corporation public web site, I repeatedly get the diagnostic below:
N: Download is performed ...
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How do I get write permissions on a samba share?
I am trying to get write access to my Minecraft server with my windows 10 machine. Right now I only have read access. I am using a Ubuntu 22.04 server. Here is my current smb.conf:
[minecraft-files]
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I need a way to edit/delete files from Windows on a Samba share
I copied a lot from one NTSF HDD to an NTSF SSD using rsync and since then everything is owned by root. Everything else is put there by bittorrent-nox. I want a way to allow my windows networked ...
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USB formats but no permissions
I format my USB. The USB works fine on a windows machine. I formated it on Ubuntu using "disks". I format to FAT. Once formated i mount the usb. The USB shows in files. I open the usb in ...
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How can I disable/restrict executable premission for my download directory?
During my daily work I like to use the "Type to search" function to start programs quickly and easily however I am always afraid of running something uncontrolled/unchecked thing from my ...
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I am trying to setup up NFS with two NFS clients and one NFS server
I am trying to setup NFS with two nfs clients and one nfs server. I have created a shared directory called repo.
I want this directory to have the user:group to be elasticsearch:elasticsearch.
But ...
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deny access to Python as normal user
im seeking for some scripts that deny access to the app python in my PC. example: a new user with low privileges can call python without type sudo or su, i wanna prevent this kind of situation by the ...
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Best configuration for multi-user and network storage that is git friendly
I'm setting up a new system that is running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The system has two storage devices: an SSD, and a larger HDD device. The SSD is for the boot partition and configuration, system and ...
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Unable to SSH Permission Denied Public Key
I am going to try and summarize this as best I can and in as most detail as I can. I deployed my first Django site to a Ubuntu (23.04) server on Linode last night after following this Corey Schafer ...
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Authentication to open .cache in the same user profile
I was running some files in Ubuntu 20.04 (focal). During that time, I have come across an error 13: Permission denied. So I give some files permission with mode 777. But after that I come across other ...
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permissions after upgrade to ubuntu 22
I cannot save data from firefox (or another browser) to a folder for which I have write permissions, like folders inside my home, but I can save to home! As far as I can see I have the correct ...
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krusader permission (root and non-root)
I just switched from win10 to ubuntu 22.04. krusader is very similar to total commander on win. After apt-get krusader, I find clicking the icon doesn't start the app. After one night googling, I ...
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Problem with umask [duplicate]
I put the following mask: "umask u=rw, g=x. After that I create a file on the desktop, but for some reason there are no execution rights for the group. To give the group execution rights is ...
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How to give camera access to zoom?
I just installed zoom by downloading the deb file from here https://zoom.us/download.
Then I installed it using
$ mv ./zoom_amd64.deb /tmp # See https://askubuntu.com/a/1416892/156688
$ cd /tmp
$ ...
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Auto full permission for subfolder when plug in the usb
i have a player that auto download the files if i plug in usb, for some pc its working smoothly but i got problem for some pc with same OS ( ubuntu ) but different type and i test to give full ...
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Webcam works as root but not as normal user: what permissions do I need to change?
When I run cheeseas root, I can see the video stream from my webcam just fine. However, when I run it as a normal user, I get "No device found". The normal user in question is in a group (...
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Permission denied when trying to access external harddrive in OpenComic [duplicate]
I have an external usb harddrive, which I usually use on a windows pc. It has NTFS. When I connect it with my ubuntu pc, it works immediately. I can access it in terminal and in nautilus. But when I ...