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Share screen session with users in the same group (Linux)
I can create a detached screen session using the following command:
[user1@host-pc ~]$ screen -d -m -S sname program
...and resume to it using this command:
[user1@host-pc ~]$ screen -r sname
Is ...
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Access to another user files
I have logged in as "userc". I need access to all the files that "usera" has. I have edited the following file,
vi /etc/group
usera:x:1000:userb,userc
But this does not seem to work.
I am still ...
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what to do in order to edit files under /var/www w/o logging in root password?
what's the best practice to do in order for me to edit the files under /var/www directory, without having to login my root password all the time? ...because I can't edit the scripts at all, undless i ...
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Deep Freeze Removing Group Policy?
I am having trouble applying group policies on computers with deep freeze installed on them. They are domain joined and pulling updates from our WSUS server before being frozen. When we freeze them ...
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Apache authenticate group of matching subdirectory
I have a unique scenario here - one that probably has come up in the past. I have a directory that is being protected by an LDAP authentication on my Apache server. In this directory (call it /svn - ...
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Dovecot LDA (deliver) and LDAP groups
I have a LDAP and a Dovecot running on my server, the Dovecot uses LDAP as userdb and authdb, postfix is using LDA (deliver) to deliver the mails to the user. Now I want to have group email addresses ...
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Is it ok to add users to the 'apache' group?
Are there any significant security concerns about adding users to the apache group? I am a programmer and I need access to all the files/directories in httpdocs - is there anything wrong with adding ...
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Windows users and groups management software
I need software to manage a large number of groups for a FTP server. Ideally this software should also allow managing the associated NTFS rights for the folders on FTP (if they still match the ...
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can SECEDIT.exe be used to only add 1 group to 1 security policy? example?
I am assuming based on my research for using SECEDIT.exe -- that a template would be added to the exisitng security .SDB file. That this template would be very tiny... only naming the security policy ...
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Change group of only cache folders, recursive
I have a document root folder and I want to cange the group of only the cache directories. How can I do this recursive?
The cache directories are always below templates/html, and I want to change it ...
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how to group return string by timestamp and display how many hits per group
I am parsing my httpd access logs, to grab out which of our Google appliance's crawlers are bombarding my web servers, and when. If I type the command:
grep google /path/to/access_log | awk '{print ...
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Mails do not arrive at group aliases
--- DOMAIN ---
Tested domain: example.com (changed name)
Info about owner: I own this domain
Info about mx DNS entry: mail is handled by google apps
example.com mail is handled by 10 ...
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why domain gpo wallpaper is getting applied to the desktops only after logoff or restart
I've appllied wallpaper to Win XP and Win7 PCs through group policy and it is getting applied to all these PCs. My problem is when I change wallpaper jpeg file in server, wallpaper is not ...
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Battling with Office 2007/2010 GPOs
I just set a GPO for the Shared Themes Path for the entire Office 2007 and 2010 suite using the Group Policy: User Policy --> Administrative Templates --> Microsoft Office 2007 System --> ...
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Linux group / user permission issue
Redhat 5.5, logged in as root
I created a group dev-core
groupadd dev-core
Then I create a new user tony
useradd tony
I changed tony's password and added tony to group dev-core
usermod -a -G ...
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Reuse old transform with new Java update?
We just started deploying Java through GPO. Currently have Java 6 update 23 being pushed out and I would like to move to update 25. Do I need to recreate the transform for each update or can I just ...
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FreeBSD 8.0 - File access management
I have users, Adam, Bob, Carl. Adam and Bob should be able to create files in directory "filedir" and edit their own files there, and any files owned by any of the three of them. Carl should be able ...
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Prompt message after logon
Okay, I am trying to get the group policy to work where after logon the user gets a message prompt. I set the GP, but the message doesn't show.
I first searched and seen another post with the same ...
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Splitting Servers into Two Groups
At our organization, we're looking at implementing some sort of informal internal policy for server maintenance. What we're looking at doing is completing maintenance on our entire server pool every ...
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Unable to change the Terminal Services Configuration as DOMAIN Admin from local console?
how to make the necessary changes in
tscc - [Terminal Services Configuration\Connections]
RDP-Tcp Properties | Client Settings tab
Disable the following:
[v] Clipboard mapping (selected and disabled ...
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Cleaning Up Unused Users and Groups (Ubuntu 10.10 Server)
I'm very much a beginner when it comes to Ubuntu and I've been learning the ropes by diving in and writing a (backend-language independent) web app framework that relies on apache, some clever ...
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Using group policy preferences to push a file to C:\Windows on a restricted user
We have a really old Video learning program that we need to run from the network for our students. However it uses Director Player 6.0 and the students get the error: "Unable to copy the driver file ...
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How to secure Outlook Web Access against Brute Force attack?
I'd like to secure Outlook Web Access with Exchange 2010 against a brute force attack using account lockout.
What is the best way to do this?
I have the following group policy:
Computer ...
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AD 2003 and AD2008: User works for 2 different OU's and we want to give them different permission depending on where they are working?
I may be on mission impossible:
Setting: Health Care
Concern: Restricting Access Based on Job Function of the day.
A person may work 3 days in one of our OU's, and then cover a shift in a different ...
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Win Server Security: Why do members of a group not get access when the Group has permission?
Environment: No Active Directory and no Domain Controller. Server is Win 2008
I have a directory with only ALLOW permissions set (no DENY permission)..and no inherited permissions. I have two ...
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Unix Group Permissions
I have created a directory and chown to have permissions master:webmaster and chmod the folder to 775 hence group writeable. So why is it i bert as a member of webmaster cant mv the directory or ...
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How do I set the default group for a vsftpd user's uploads? (ubuntu 10.04)
How do I set the default group for a vsftpd user's uploads?
When I upload a file, the files group is set to the username... How do I get it to automatically set to a specific group?
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Can I give someone an FTP account so they can only see and edit the files they have made?
Me and several other people all have FTP access to the same folder. We're working on a website together but I don't want to give the other coders complete access to my site. I only want them to be ...
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What group does a package belong to?
In Fedora 13 distribution, how can one find what an install group a package belongs to?
As an example, I would like to know what install group the package inkscape belongs to.
Using:
yum info ...
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New Group Policy Objects Include Unwanted Settings
It looks like my server admin tools are adding the following unwanted settings to every GPO I touch.
Computer Configuration/Policies/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Local Policies/Security ...
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Manage Windows File Share Permissions with Local Group
Here is my situation: I am a Local Administrator on a plain Windows XP machine. Due to organizational issues, people want to run a Windows file share on this machine.
I thought it might be a nifty ...
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Group Policy: Enforce No Write Caching for Removable Drives
We've run into a number of issues on our system where students are unplugging devices from workstations without safely removing them first. Whilst the results are often a very good learning experience ...
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Temporary changes to /etc/passwd or /etc/group - how-to
I want to temporarily modify /etc/passwd and/or /etc/group to "remove" a user/group without deleting the line.
Is there a way to do that?
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Is there a way to refresh computer group membership without rebooting?
I am using Windows Server 2008 R2 and have a windows service running under "network service" account in computer ComputerA. This windows service want to access a share folde (on another computer ...
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Refreshing a user's group permission
I have a daemon running with a user (let's call it) myuser.
I wanted him to be able to read and write the files in the /var/www directory.
The owner of this directory and all the files inside it is ...
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RAID disk “group” and virtual disks setup
We will be setting up a system as the following (on a Dell PE R510 with a PERC H700 (LSI2108) 512MB-BBU SAS HBA):
Disk Bay 1
2xHDD RAID 1 Virtual disk A
Disk Bay 2
8xHDD RAID 10 Virtual disk B
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Codec Pack that can easily be deployed via group policy
We have a teacher that has a project for doing some basic film editing with windows movie maker. We loaded the avi file onto the computer and Windows is trying to install a codec but can't. I assume I ...
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Group Policy Trust Problem
I've setup a new group policy for our windows XP users but now when they run a link to a program they get a trust box which they have to click 'run' on. I think its a trusted locations thing ie, ...
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find files NOT belonging to group
How do I find files not belonging to particular group?
find /home -group NOT test
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Prevent an email address from going into Junkmail Domain Wide
The helpdesk has an email address and it all corespondense gets put into outlook junkmail.
Is there a way to flag this address as not junk in group policy or exchange server?
I know it can be done for ...
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Best and Proper Permissions Settings for Directory
I am interested in knowing the proper, yet security-conscious settings for a directory. Here's my scenario:
I have a username for FTP access to my server called "user".
For the purpose of the ...
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How to chgrp a file uploaded in PHP?
After receiving an uploaded file and moving it to its target directory, using PHP's move_uploaded_file() function, the file has the owner and group "www:wheel", ie. that of Apache. I want to change ...
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Problem with file owner/group
I have files on my website which I need access to files on my server and they also need to be able to be edited by the webserver. Now with my current setup I cant seem to do that.
If the owner/group ...
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install msi using group policy
1) If we install/push msi using group policy can/will we see installation steps/Wizard/options which we can see if start installtaion using setup.exe by double clicking it.
2)Can some provide some ...
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Oracle 10g install on Linux Red Hat 4.0
New to linux redhat and oracle 10g. Having problems creating an Oracle software user.
Input as /root
/user/sbin/useradd -g oinstall -G dba[,oper] oracle
Output
useradd: unknown group dba[ useradd: ...
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Can't access windows share when in security group assigned to share
I'm a bit stumpped on this one.
I created a security group in AD called "special data users" and add myself to it.
I then created a share on a server and give that AD security group full access to ...
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How do you manage Windows Group Policy for XP, Vista, and Win 7 clients?
DOMAIN = w2k3 DC's only
WORKSTATIONS = xp, vista, and now a few Win 7 Enterprise
I have the RSAT tools installed on my Windows 7 computer.
I can administer Group Policy Management "for the most ...
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How to setup workstation “My Documents” to sync to DOMAIN on each logon/off
Me and a couple buddies started up a small business and we have a Domain + 5 workstation set up. A prof. IT guy helped me set it up a while back.
Basics that I know of:
1)We have a K:\ main network ...
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What User Should NGinx and PHP be running as?
Permissions are something that have confused for me a while with Linux. So at the minute both my NGinx and PHP-FPM instances are running with the user and group :
www-data
Is this standard? I ...
