This tag discusses protection of data using system configuration or file-based permissions.
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“Access Restricted” on certain webpages
I am on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit and not using any anti-virus. I am getting the following on accessing few webpages
Why I am getting this and how to get rid of this?
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Disable all USB Storage Devices except USB Dongle
I need to disable all USB storage devices except a software Protection Dongle. How do I do it?
I tried black listing the USB storage device, but that seems to block ALL usb devices including the ...
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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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How to restrict a user from accessing a particular application?
I want to restrict an application being opened under ordinary privileges. Only root shall run the application, so that contents wont be seen by others and they wont change anything.
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Restricted access on ubuntu
I'm new to Ubuntu!
Is there a way to limit the access users to a preset set browser, thunderbird and a soft phone only? I'm planning to run Ubuntu on the Odroid X2.
I would like to restrict because ...
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Edubuntu 12.04 LTS: restricting users to just a few programs
Edubuntu 12.04 LTS: restricting users to just a few programs
Been using Ubuntu myself for several years and want to try Edubuntu at a school where a PC would be loosely supervised. I can create a ...
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Need to write a script that will jailkit a user and give them access to a particular website directory
I have a ubuntu 12.04 app server hosting a few websites. We need to give access to the developer to only be able upload files to one of the websites. I have installed Jailkit but can't seem to find ...
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How do I set up user level restrictions on a gateway?
I am aware that Ubuntu Server can be used as a gateway to allow Internet connection to a LAN.
Then we use IP tables or other firewall settings to restrict (for example), certain websites from being ...
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How do i restrict user to make changes to NTFS partition ? (in easy steps)? [duplicate]
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How to restrict access to a NTFS partition to a standard (non-admin) user?
I have 5 NTFS partition on single hard disk where ubuntu is also installed. I want to restrict ...
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Prevent the guest account from accessing a particular flash usb pen drive key?
My pen drive is very important to me. I have a 32GB one, with Ubuntu 12.04 on it. On then pen drive, I created two partitions; one ext4 for Ubuntu (5GB) and the other partition is fat32, so that ...
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How to restrict access to a NTFS partition to a standard (non-admin) user?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I have 4 NTFS partitions. I have made 2 users: One for myself (Admin) and one for family (standard/non-admin).
I successfully restricted the access to my home folder from ...
