Short for "file system permissions" - access control based on user, group, or global access.
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How to determine file in “Error opening file for reading” error
Since Ubuntu 12.04, whenever I open aterm, I get the following error message:
Error opening file for reading: Permission denied
aterm still opens and runs correctly, but I get that error message. ...
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Ubuntu sudo not working
I wanted to move a file to a /usr/python2.7/ but i was unable to do so, so i changed the permissions of /usr to myuser:
sudo chown -R ***** /usr
it worked but i realised it was a blunder when sudo ...
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ubuntu 13.04 failed to start any GUI application as root
I just installed ubuntu 13.04 in family machine, and I faced strange problem
even though my sudo password is correct, I cannot start any GUI application (i.e. bleachBit (as root)) as a root, the ...
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chmod - file permission on writable
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 x64 server on ext4 partition.
I set a directory's permission to '766' as below.
sudo chmod 766 /archive
drwxrw-rw- 3 root root 4096 Sep 27 10:50 archive/ ...
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Message “Call to lnusertemp failed (temporary directories full?). Check your installation?” displayed in X before KDM
This has started to happen after I encrypted my home folder (this was done after the installation, not as a part of it)... This was in 11.10.
I have since upgraded to 12.04 and after first reboot ...
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Accidentally ran “sudo chmod a+rx ~”
I accidentally ran sudo chmod a+rx ~ on the system root rather than sudo chmod a+rx myfolder...
I ran
sudo chmod -R a+rX myfolder/public_html
then accidentally ran
sudo chmod a+rx ~
instead of ...
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How to prevent users from reading files but the webserver should still be able to read
I have a lighttpd test server on my testing machine with 2 users they all have there own folder with a public folder for the webserver in it, now I want to prevent that the other user can read the ...
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How do I set up a localhost website?
I have created a simple index.php file which I have places in /var/www/ next I changed the permissions of the file with sudo chmod +x index.php
I then ran Chromium and typed in localhost to the ...
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Can I set a specific group|umask to be the default one for all actions within a certain path?
I would like to override the default umask and owner:group settings within certain directories only, without requiring root privileges, as that kind of defeats the purpose.
For example, when I touch ...
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disabling root permissions
From Linux From Scratch build a minimal system for running my application. but struck on disabling root permission.
Need my minimal lfs as ubuntu.
when ubuntu boots login-screen displays when we ...
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I created groups and I cancled the administrator permissions [duplicate]
I am new to Ubuntu and to Unix/Linux system. I have Ubuntu 12.10.
I created groups but without noticing, I cancelled my administrator permissions. Now I don't have admin/root user. What can I do? I ...
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Why can't I set group and ownership of one folder without afffecting the other?
I've upgraded an Ubuntu PC from 10.04 to 12.04.
Problem is all the permissions were wrong on the home folders.
So, I did the following:
sudo chown -R james:james /home/james/*
sudo chown -R ...
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How to setup FTPS server in Ubuntu
At the moment I'm trying to setup a vsftpd server on 12.04 to allow users to login/download files via ftps to aid testing during some development work.
When I attempt to connect using FileZilla in ...
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Cannot rm or chown /var/log/snort as root
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 Gnome.
I installed an older version of Snort, uninstalled it and tried to install the latest version as root using sudo. However, the install crashed because root does not ...
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“Could not update ICEauthority file” after login (independent of gnome)
I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 64bits in my new computer, and I got this two messages after login:
and
I've tried to login with classic gnome, and safe mode, but got the same messages.
Any ...
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Desperate with Apache2 and cgi (Ubuntu 12.04). Help :(
Im having an issue installing apache2 in Ubuntu 12.04. Im trying to set the cgi-bin folder in the path /home/www/cgi-bin. Ive followed and search all over the internet but I still dont get it...
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need help with unison
I finally converted my desktop machine from Windows Vista to Lubuntu 13.04. I am having trouble getting the unison file sync program (version 2.40.65) to work on the Lubuntu machine, despite trying ...
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How to have root access without logging as root? [duplicate]
I am using 13.04 trying to edit or drag and drop files but since all the folders are owned by root and assigned to the group "root" I am not allow to do this.
I added my current username to the ...
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Mysql Datadir on different hard drive
I'm currently running Ubuntu 13.04 and MySQL 5.5. I have been using InnoDB, and the default location for installation. The problem is that my main OS partition is fairly small (36GB), and I need to ...
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Permissions of mounted cifs share (Shared from FreeNAS)
I have a FreeNAS installation running under VirtualBox. When I try to mount one of my FreeNAS shares in Ubuntu 12.10, permissions on the share prevent me from entering the directory, listing or ...
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Install Windows program & every user can access [closed]
I am using Ultimate Edition 3.2 log in as a root when install Windows program means MS Office 2007 through WINE install perfectly but admin, standard User can't access that MS Office 2007. Totally ...
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SAMBA: Why can't Windows write in Samba shares?
I've made a clean install of XBMCbuntu on an HTPC and then installed Gnome and Samba.
Now I can not write the XBMCbuntu default shares (movies, tv shows, pictures, etc.) using a Windows machine.
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sshfs is mounting filesystems as another user
So I am trying to mount a folder from another computer in my LAN, and I am able to ssh without any issues. But, I am unable to make any changes when I access the mounted folder.
This is what I have ...
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Broke my software center cache
Software center won't start unless I run it as root. Running it as root, there was a message about the cache being unwritable. My .cache folder is on a separate drive and symlinked to my home ...
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Just installed CouchDB, permission error
Just installed CouchDB 1.2.0 via apt-get. I want access to the error logs in /var/log/couchdb however I can't open the folder, recieving the error message:
The folder contents could not be ...
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bash permissions
My friend was trying to tighten up security on his ubuntu server and changed the permissions on bash. He logged out, and now the computer won't let him log back in.
The server is an off-site server ...
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VirtualBox shared folder is accessible but not workable
On my host system (Windows 8 Pro 64 Bit), I installed VirtualBox (4.2.12) and installed Ubuntu 12.04 32 Bit as guest system. I also installed the VirtualBox guest utilities to create shared folders.
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Where are read permission limits to guest user stored?
The default guest user can't read the home directory and its contents, but it can read the root directory and other directories with the same permissions as home. So, where is this particular ...
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i want to open a file in the root directory in my c++ application in write mode.
I have a file in the root directory which I want to open for editing in my QT application. Generally we use "sudo (editor) filepath" to open the file with roots permissions. But i want to achieve ...
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Why does file owner and group keep changing to root?
I am running an install of CakePHP on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
The way certain files are accessed I need permissions set a certain way within my install of Ubuntu. Nothing out of the ordinary.
The problem ...
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Cannot update .ICEauthority, do not have permission to remove/change, cannot resolve host!
I've seen this question asked many times before, and tried every single solution I found, yet none of them solved this problem. All my programming/computing knowledge comes from copying the solutions ...
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Unable to add a serial printer
I intended to add a serial printer but failed in Ubuntu 12.04.
As to use serial port for user account needs to add user to dialout group, the problem is after adding user in the dialout group, there ...
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Allowing apache to access /home/user directory
I have a text file at /home/user/textdata that user change it everyday
and I have a PHP script at /var/www/ that want to read that text file.
How to add the permissions?
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unable to create `/etc/skel/.bash_logout.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
I can´t install any updates. I tried apt-get clean, apt-get install -f, dpkg --configure -a. Nothing helps. I even tried to create a file or a directory in /etc/skel - it cannot be done, even with ...
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Restrict user to folder (not root) on VSFTPD in Ubuntu
I am a new Linux (Ubuntu) user and have a VPS where I am setting up a backup FTP service. I have followed this guide, which I have managed to do correctly and it works.
I have two users (user1 and ...
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Change Ownership of External Hard Drive?
I recently bought an external hard drive on Ebay, I received it and plugged it into my laptop and when I tried moving files onto it, it refused me to drag them on. I looked into the properties of the ...
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Why doesn't `sudo cd /var/named` work?
I want to cd into /var/named but it gives me a permission denied error, and when I want to use sudo to do this I am not permitted. What is the technical reason for this, and is it possible to do this ...
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Change XAMPP's htdocs web root folder to another one
I'm trying to change the XAMPP's web root default directory /opt/lampp/htocs to another one like /home/me/Dropbox/public_html without success.
I've edited the file /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf
# old ...
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Shared library not loading. Loading only under root
I have an executable that requires a shared library that resides in /opt/... folder. I have included the path in LD_LIBRARY_PATH under /etc/environment and updated it using source /etc/environment. ...
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samsung scx-4828 scanner works only with sudo
I use ubuntu 12.04
I have samsung scx-4828fn scaning and printing device. Printing works fine. Scanning works only with sudo. Also sane-find-scanner works only with sudo. Please see output:
found ...
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transmission-daemon: error loading working config-file. User priveliges?
Transmission-daemon has worked perfectly on a small headless server for a long time. However, it currently gives me the following error:
transmission-daemon Error loading config file -- exiting. ...
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Unpacked a tar…badly - now locked out of my own files!
Not knowing well what I was doing, I opened a tar with sudo, and now it's linked to a user that doesn't exist and I can't remove it under any circumstances - perhaps because it's off the home ...
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NTFS-3G permissions and inherit fstab flag
I'm trying to user a NTFS filesystem with full ACS's set just like windows.
Everything is working fine except the permissions set to created files.
Here is my environment:
fstab:
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Sudoers NOPASSWD for command not working but ALL is
I've been trying to grant www-data to use sudo service apache2 restart without a password but no matter what I try, nothing works. I have read a few hundred posts regarding this issue on different ...
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problems with /etc/sudoers
I am running ubuntu 12.04 on i3 laptop. By mistake I changed the permissions and changed the user(from root) of /etc folder and I am getting a error when trying to use sudo like:
sudo: /etc/sudoers ...
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Permission denied viewing content of remote network share
I'm trying to mount a remote network share, but have trouble viewing the content.
It is showing up in my mounted devices but when I attempt to open it, I get
This location could not be displayed. You ...
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recovering sudo/recovering root ownership on system directories — how? possible?
I'm trying to find out the default ownership & permissions for my ubuntu install. I'm also trying to figure out whether the wrong-headed granted of file ownership to the user robert to system ...
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Permission denied error on WebDAV mount for two identical users
I have a (webdav share mounted as:
server owncloud_folder davfs defaults,uid=fsi,gid=fsi,dir_mode=2775,file_mode=664 0 0
There are two users with the following gid/uids:
uid=1049(tobias) ...
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Unable to transfer files from laptop to USB due to permission error
I am unable to transfer file from my system with Ubuntu 11.10 OS to a USB drivee (Hp 16GB).
When I copy files from system and try to paste in USB the paste option gets disable. But the reverse is ...
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Need owner permissions for root folder
Actually i'm trying to copy some business purpose files into root folder but it's not allowing to access the root folder. When i'm trying to change the permissions of the folder, its showing that you ...
