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Set folder permission by OU
I'm attempting to setup folder permissions on my DC to a shared desktop. I have an OU containing the users I want to allow to view this folder, and a GPO which handles the permissions linked to the OU....
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User-Permission on Folder without affecting owner:group
How can I allow a specific user on my Ubuntu desktop to view/open all folders and files in a specific location without affecting or changing the owner:group of that location?
Until now I need to ...
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Explanation :File permissions override folder permissions, unless the Full Control permission has been granted to the folder
According to the article:
http://ntfs.com/ntfs-permissions-precedence.htm
The hierarchy of precedence for the permissions can be summarized as
follows, with the higher precedence permissions listed ...
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set permission automatically to all subfolder and subfiles in specific folder
I want to set a folder such that anything created within it (directories, files) inherit default permissions and group , by anyuser (root also)
so , the content of this folder will be deleted by my ...
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Mount a directory on a new partition or disk [closed]
I would like to know how to mount a directory on a new partition or disk.
I have a directory, example: /u01/app/mylab/data
Inside this I have several files and directories, with specific permissions ...
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How to restrict all but defined accounts to access folders on MS server?
I've been trying to only allow defined members on Active Directory from accessing folders used for an IIS server.
There are too many accounts to deny one by one leaving only one or two users to access ...
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"stat" says "permission denied", even though all the permissions are in place
I have this:
ls -al /home/my_user/dir1/dir2/file1.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 http http 2798 Dec 30 18:18 /home/my_user/dir1/dir2/file1.txt
However, I can't stat it:
sudo -u http stat /home/my_user/dir1/dir2/...
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What is the minimum action required in order to have access to a newly authorized server folder
I hope I'm at the right place (right stack exchange website). If not please tell me the right one.
I got new rights on a folder on a Windows server by being added to Active Directory Group for which ...
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Allow one member of a security group to access a folder, deny access to the remaining members of the same security group
I wish to know if the following is possible and how to apply it within AD structure running on windows server 2012R2.
I apply folder access using security groups.
Example = Agents folder can only be ...
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Folder Security Permission corrupted
i m using windows server 2003, in which the AD was corrupted. now i m moved to new server but my files and folders security permission was corrupted. every folder file i have to re- enable the admin ...
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Shared folder, deny user from deleting files
I have a shared folder in my network under windows server 2012 r2, I have 1 user that I would like to deny him from deleting any files on the folder.
The problem is that he is part of a group that has ...
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Folder Effective Permissions Not Accurate
I have a folder on a Windows Server Standard 2008 that is shared. There is a user that I need to restrict access to this folder. They connect over VPN. When I look at the Effective Permissions, this ...
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What should the owner of `.` and `..` directories be? [closed]
A few questions about the . and .. directories:
ls -la
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 21 12:47 .
drwxr-xr-x 60 root root 4096 Mar 15 14:36 ..
Are . and .. actually directories or are they like ...
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Prevent deletion of folder but let access to everything inside of it
I know there is the +i flag for files and directories, but i have a deeper Problem.
Is there a way to prevent a folder from being deleted by an User which should be able to create / access / remove ...
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Server 2008 R2 permissions not working
First of all: i posted this yesterday but put in the wrong email so I can't access it again.
I am configuring a 2008 R2 server for learning experience. The problem I'm having is the following:
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Server 2012 - how to make files in a folder readonly to everyone but creator/owner
I'd like to setup a shared folder on my Windows Server 2012 box where all the managers can put files that they can edit, and other users can open, read and print, but can't change or delete.
It ...
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group permissions on directory being ignored for user
It seems that there is a Linux user (on an Ubuntu 12.04.4 server) who is unable to access a shared directory, even though that user belongs to the group which owns the directory. Here is an example ...
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Active Directory Users Delegated Permissions
This is probably a dumb question, but how does the delegated user access ad to make these changes? I have set this up but a user cannot launch the active directory users and groups tool. Only admins ...
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Windows 2008 R2 folder prompt for credentials
I cannot find an answer to this question, so I am hoping someone here can help.
We have a couple folders on our NAS that only our Help Desk techs can get into for install and troubleshooting purposes....
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chef remote_directory permissions
I have checked https://docs.chef.io/resource_remote_directory.html and http://joerussbowman.tumblr.com/post/58241535331/chef-remote-directory-is-basically first of all.
chef-client version 12.2.1
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Windows network folder directory list inconsistent when viewed from two different client machines
I am on a corporate network using Windows. There is a network share provided by a NetApp appliance. When I log on to two different machines and view the network drive, I see inconsistent directory ...
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you must have read permissions to view the properties of this object, administrators group
I think I'm having some difficulty understanding NTFS permissions. My understanding is that when possible you want to avoid assigning a specific user account to NTFS and instead use a group. So I set ...
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Mounted Gluster volume keeps reverting to "root" permissions
Ive got GlusterFS running on an AWS server and its mounted to another AWS server. The folder that is mounted though keeps reverting to "root" ownership, when this happens uploads fail from the web ...
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Change permission for home directory on debian [duplicate]
My Debian machine is running DirectAdmin and we have build our own CMS. By now, when we create a new website a new folder and user will created down the /home/ directory.
As an developer to setup ...
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Why a given user can access a folder and another one does not?
I have two servers:
Server one:
deploy@server:/home/vftp$ ls -la
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 6 ftp ftp 4096 May 7 2013 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 19 2013 ..
dr-xr-xr-- 3 ftp ftp 4096 Feb 18 ...
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IIS: directory only accessible from/over a specific subdomain
to explain my purpose, this example of a directory structure:
C:\www\
C:\www\folder-1
The domain "example.com" has "C:\www\" as home directory, and the domain "member.example.com" has the home ...
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windows server C drive and shared folder permission [closed]
i have an app, that needs to run in the folder in root of C drive (C:\AppFolder).
And on client, i need map network drive for C:\ because that app searches for \AppFolder... directory.
So i have ...
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Setting folder permission on a remote Windows 2008 R2 server in PowerShell or Command Prompt
Does anyone know of a way to set a folder's permissions on a remote server using either PowerShell or the command prompt?
In other words, sitting at server01, launch PS or CP, type a command to set \...
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Apache serve files with NTFS permissions?
I hope I came to the right sub for this question.
Basically here is the scenario:
You have folder name Testfolder which is hosted on Apache. Test folder has files that only certain users on the ...
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Issue with Apache folder and file permissions
I hope I came to the right sub for this question.
Basically here is the scenario:
You have folder name Testfolder which is hosted on Apache. Test folder has files that only certain users on the ...
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Apache folder and file permissions
I hope I came to the right site for this question.
Basically here is the scenario
You have folder name "Testfolder" which is hosted on Apache. Test folder has files that only certain users on the ...
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NTFS Permissions for root share that houses Home Directories Windows Server 2008 R2
I am using the AD Profile Tab to Auto create Home Directories at \\server\home, so that the permissions are automatically created.
What should the NTFS permissions be for the actual folder that the ...
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Folder rights doesn't work on group, but does on user
I've got this share where I want to restrict access to two folders so that only members of a group can get access to them. I've done this countless of times, but this time there's something odd going ...
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Sharing folder with 10m+ files on win xp takes hours to set access rights [closed]
I try to share whole partition in windows xp. On this partition are 10+ milion files. Windows sets access rights to each of them and it has been doining that for last 12 hours and hasn't yet finished. ...
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500 error after dragging joomla website out of subdirectory
I recently dragged a website I built with joomla out of a subdirectory and now the whole website just shows a 500 internal error, can't even log into the backend. I've already tried changing the log ...
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How to write protect a directory? [closed]
I have some directories and files that looks like this one
drwxr-xr-x. 2 ss ss 4096 Oct 3 2004 backup
Notice the . in the permissions.
The user ss can not delete this directory.
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How do ...
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Folder/files access permission
I have office laptop registered into domain (wins server 2003) used by Bill with several access to folder/files in server, then Bill replaced by other staff, Mark. Laptop used by Bill are now used by ...
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can't assign permission for a folder to a group only one owner works
I'm trying to change permissions on a folder as root on Centos server using:
chgrp -Rv ftpusers /var/www/html
seems like everything is right in verbose. I have two users in ftpusers group however, ...
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Change all file permissions to 644 and all folder permissions to 755 recursively
How to change all file permissions to 644 and all folder permissions to 755 recursively using chmod in the following two situation:
If they had 777 permissions
Regardless of the permission (with ANY ...
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Dreamweaver not recognizing symbolic link as directory
I have this directory
drwxrwxr-x 6 awdfiles pasgroup 4096 Jan 31 17:20 awdfiles
Which I want to access via another FTP connection. The user is part of the pasgroup
I ...
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Least, secure and enough permissions for public_html and folders and files under public_html using SuPHP for shared hosting environment
I have a server with SuPHP and DirectAdmin. Many (but not ALL) of my users are running Joomla and Wordpress. Will it make a problem if I chmod public_html and sub-folders to 700? Will they NEED more ...
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Starting Apache as a NON-Root User on Localhost
I want to start an Apache 2 server on localhost:8080 on an as-needed basis without superuser permissions, with the root directory for web content being /home/user/example/web/directory. I don't want ...
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Is there a way to keep folder permissions when overriding it?
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 that hosts a website with the following folder structure:
C:\
inetpub
wwwroot
MyApp
JS
Styles
The Application ...
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Windows Folder Permission
May i check for the below folder rights, is the user able to read files inside of the folder?
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How to lock down a folder for an administrator?
In a windows 2008 R2 server with multiple administrator accounts,
is it possible to create private folders (one per admin) in one drive that the other administrators cannot unlock (gain access to)?
I ...
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In Ubuntu, how can I give two groups of users root power except for access to one folder?
I just created a Ubuntu development server and I would like to work with two teams on it. I want people from these teams to do anything they want, but I don't want them to be able to see the files ...
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Set security on pattern of sub folders (Server 2003)
I have a folder structure similar to the one shown below these paragraphs. How do I change security on every 'Photos' folder without clicking through each individually in Windows Explorer? There are ...
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Full Permissions on Shared Folders for Local Administrators
I am not sure if this is normal or not, however it seems network shares on our domain are given full access to users that are admins on their local machine if the server\Administrators security ...
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Debian add user permission
I'm giving my friend a host on my dedicated server. I created a new user for him:
Debian server.
adduser friend
Adding user `friend' ...
Adding new group `friend' (1000) ...
Adding new user `...
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Can someone explain a bit about Unix folder permissions and safety?
Why would I change folder permissions to 755 or 777 for example?
I read that it means read write and execute but what I want to know, can anyone steal php codes depending on these permissions?
Thank ...
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