For questions related to users, user accounts, user permissions or guest accounts.
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Permanently set file and folder permission for a user
I just got hold of a Linux machine running Ubuntu from my friend. It places 644 permission on all new files created by a user.
But for some purposes I want 755 permission on all files and folder ...
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How to create a limited user account for SSH
I need to create a new user account, that should have full access to a single dir within the linux HDD, unlike the root user that has access to everything. And this account would be used via SSH for ...
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How to run crontab as user:www-data?
My LAMP is setup to work as user:www-data and all files and folders are created with that permissions.
I have setup for crontab as user@ubuntu.
So i do crontab -e and use this command:
*/5 * * * * ...
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1answer
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How do I create a default folders for new users?
What I want to do is this : When I create a new user in Ubuntu, I want him to have a copy of a folder, let's call him "abc", in his own home directory. Is there any way to automate this or do I have ...
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specify user for init.d
I have a init.d script that start|stops|restarts a daemon using the start-stop-daemon.
This daemon is always started as root. I want to be able to specify the user that the init.d script will use to ...
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I'm in a group but can't create or modify files [closed]
I have two user accounts. Let's say one is User1 and the other is User2.
Both of these accounts are in the "root" group.
I made a folder with some files in it. The owner is User1 and the group is ...
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Creating an Alternate Install CD with pre installed users
I want to create my own customized Ubuntu derivative and this question already gave me a very good start. My requirements are quite specific I want to roll out a CD with
Set of users who are ...
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How to lock yourself out of the primary account temporarily?
I'm looking for something like LeechBlock, or StayFocusd on steroids, i.e. something that could block my Internet access temporarily, but do it in a way that would be a major hassle to disable, unlike ...
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More information and how to create unique user ID's
At this stage I am running Ubuntu 10.04, and have 10 users log in - in on the same time, working from the computer as the host / server.
The actually software allowing this is NComputing (if anyone ...
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Failed to load session ”ubuntu“
I have “Failed to load session ”ubuntu“" when rebooting after giving other users no permission to use almost any programs in /usr/share/applications
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2answers
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How to disable Ubuntu Software Centre for user?
As administrator I want to be sure user can not download inappropriate applications.
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Windows Workgroup issue [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Share Ext4 Partition Over Network
How to configure my Ubuntu Workstation to be a member of Windows 7 Workgroup ? and How to manage permissions for windows users ...
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How can I disable access to the File system for a specific user or group?
It is very important for what I am doing now.
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How can I configure the guest user to only be able to run Firefox?
I realy need to give Guest user less privileges: like in older versions. Just Firefox, thats it.
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2answers
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Whats is user 102 which is accessing dbus-daemon
User 102 is not listed , output of cat /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
...
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How can I repair these permissions and directories Screwed Up Userafter renaming a user?
The PC I'm working with originally had a user. I changed the user name to Administrator and selected the option to remove existing user files. When I rebooted I get the error
Could not update ...
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How to turn on profile for restricting lightdm guest session in normal default account?
I know this profile is enabled by default on guest account.
But how can I enabled that same profile (apparmor) on the account where I have to put my administrator password, the one that is created ...
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1answer
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How to provide user permission to read, write on `/dev/sdax`? What is the syntax?
I have two my hard disk divided into two partition (apart from swap).
First one is /dev/sda3 on which I have my ubuntu installation. Second one is /dev/sda1. Now, when I try to copy a file to ...
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Which user is running tomcat?
I have a Tomcat 7 server running on Amazon EC2 (OS - Ubuntu 12 LTS). How can I find out which user is running Tomcat on Amazon EC2?
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Can I restrict file access to other users? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I restrict users?
I'm sharing my computer with my roommate, and she needs access to my libre office, but I don't want her to see my financial/tax information. ...
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Why can't I click the button to add a new user?
I want to ask you something. I tried to create a new user account on Ubuntu 12.04, but, when I am in the "User Accounts" window and I go left-down (where the "+" sign is), I can't click on it. It's ...
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How do I addusers with passwords and assign them to groups and make them administrators? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to manage users and groups?
What happened to the user and groups management GUI applications that worked so well in 10.04? It looks like all of this has moved back ...
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How can I log in to a hidden user?
After some research, i found that you can make specific users hidden by using terminal and changing their ID to below 1000. I've done this for one of my users but now I can't login to that account. My ...
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1answer
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How do I restrict ports to certain users?
Alright, well, what I wanted to do was to allow my users to only be allowed to access a specific port,
In example, UserA can only access port 2004
While UserB can only access ports 2009, and 2010
To ...
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1answer
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How to restrict an user to a specific desktop environment
I'm running a more or less standard installation of Ubuntu Precise 12.04 and I am quite satisfied with doing everydays task with Unity desktop environment.
When it comes to playing, however, I feel ...
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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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usergroup permission issues
I tried deleting files on my dekstop (highlight files, press delete) in /usr/share/nginx/www but I'm getting permission denied issues.
What I did was, add www-data and barsoom(current user) to a ...
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1answer
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Where is my imported Windows account data?
I've just successfully installed my brand new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit, dual booting with Windows 7.
During the installation, I choose to import my existing Windows account but now I'm unable to find ...
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Can't curently log in as user in ubuntu 12.04
After the installation of Ubuntu 12.04 was finished, I was told to reboot my system. When it came backup, and after I logged in on the login screen, nothing happens, like its stuck there. I waited ...
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what happens if all users are set as standard while root password not set
I don't dare to do as in the title.
So I set root password first with sudo passwd root, and then I change all other users to be standard user, none administrator, so no user can sudo.
If I want to set ...
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Does Landscape support user management?
Does Landscape support the following user management features?
create user
delete user
change password for user with given username
add user to group
remove user from group
set user login shell
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Creating user account & pasting files in Desktop remotely?
I need to create a seperate user account in all the systems. And i have to paste few files in their desktop. I have created a seperate useraccount with password remotely. However when i type ls ...
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New user configuration
I want to make my Dropbox directory secure from unwitting changes. So I made for my directory and files inside the following actions:
chown -R dropbox:dropbox Dropbox
The idea is that I work under ...
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Multiple Users, Single Workstation, 1 home folder (Can this be achieved, if so how?)
I am setting up a single workstation (kiosk) in my local library for a team of genealogy researchers (approx 12-14). I plan to use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as the OS.
Each user must have a unique user ID ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 won't login. `rm X.authority` or chown home or `reconfigure lightdm` didn't work
This is the first time asking here so I hope you guys can help me. Normally I would turn on the computer and choose Ubuntu. It then prompts the login screen where I select my user and put my password ...
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Why isn't “useradd” working to add a user to the primary group?
The command I use is:
sudo useradd -g users tom
It should add tom to the group users, but I can't find tom in users when checking /etc/group.
However, if I just try:
sudo useradd -G users jim
I ...
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2answers
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How to create user account via a bash script?
I need to create a new user account with password in more than 200 systems. What will be the easiest way? Is it possible to do this task via bash script or perl script?
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when setting up a webserver on linux , is it a good practice to make a new user and install everything under that user?
I want to set up a webserver and I understand that when using linux its not safe to install things under root. So should I install things like apache and php under a different user? And if i do, will ...
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Why the need for sudo when I have only one account on machine? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is it bad to run as root?
I am bit confused about the need for sudo when I have a single user account set up on my machine. At install time I tried to call the name ...
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Do I need user 1000, and can I replace it?
On my computer running Mythbuntu, I'm having a problem where some important processes are being run by a user called 1000.
$ ps -aux | grep myth
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See ...
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Can I have multiple User Accounts in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Can I have multiple user accounts in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ? If so, how can I do it?
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How do I force a shutdown even when there are other open sessions?
Well, hello, this is my first time using ubuntu and I have seen that when I try to turn off the computer when other user sessiong is running it doesn't do nothing. Then I have to enter that user ...
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I unexpetedly deleted administrator account and the other accounts are asking root password
I unexpectedly deleted my user account (the only administrator for the machine). I have another account which is standard account now i cant access my hard disk or anything with that standard account ...
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3answers
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How to allow a “standard user” (no sudo) make IP config changes without requiring admin password
Anyone know if it is possible to have a "Standard User" account make IP changes (via GUI or terminal) without requiring the admin (sudo) password?
I want the user to be able to change interface from ...
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2answers
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Contract-Popup at Login
I want to give my notebook to guests of my little Hotel as an extra service. I love the Ubuntu guest-account and I think that this is the best possible way to help my guests get free internet-access.
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Share home directory between Linux and Windows dual boot
This question is somewhat similar to How to use Windows Share has home directory, but in this case Windows is not running.
I have installed a dual-boot configuration with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows. My ...
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How do I allow a standard user to update the kernel modules for VMware?
I've set up VMWare Player for my wife. Every once in a while (notably after a kernel update), the VMWare Player needs to be compiled into the kernel.
My spouse does not have su- activated (if anybody ...
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Is there an automated way to batch create a set of users? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Run adduser non-interactively
I've looked into adduser and can see there are some modification flags that I can configure, but this still processes a single user at a ...
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1answer
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Users and Groups No Save Button
I am trying to add User Privileges; Use modems & Connect to wireless & ethernet networks to my current & only user profile.
It'll ask for my password & I am admin, but the ...
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1answer
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Multiple Users Sending Input To The Same Server Running On My Ubuntu Server
I've just recently started hosting a Java based server on my Ubuntu Server. I've been learning how to setup everything and I've been feeling pretty good about it's setup.
I currently start the ...
