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In computing, permissions (often called "privileges," "access rights" or just "rights") are rules associated with objects on a computer or network. Permissions determine which objects can access which objects, and to what extent.

In computing, permissions (often called "privileges," "access rights" or just "rights") are rules associated with objects on a computer or network. Permissions determine which objects can access which objects, and to what extent.

For example, file permissions are rules placed on a filesystem object defining which accounts are allowed to access the object, and what actions those accounts can take on the object, such as read, write and/or delete.

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What permissions should my website files/folders have on a Linux webserver?

This is a Canonical Question about File Permissions on a Linux web server. I have a Linux web server running Apache2 that hosts several websites. Each website has its own folder in…
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Why is "chmod -R 777 /" destructive?

This is a Canonical Question about File Permission and Why 777 is "destructive". I'm not asking how to fix this problem, as there are a ton of references of that already on Server Fault (reinstall OS). Why does it do anything destructive at…
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How do I share a Git repository with multiple users on a machine?

I have a Git repository on a staging server which multiple developers need to be able to pull to. git-init seems to have a flag very close to what I'm looking for: --shared, except I'd like multiple people to pull to that repository, as well. The…
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GRANT SELECT to all tables in postgresql

Is there a one-liner that grants the SELECT permissions to a new user postgresql? Something that would implement the following pseudo-code: GRANT SELECT ON TABLE * TO my_new_user;
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Amazon Cloudfront with S3. Access Denied

We're trying to distribute out S3 buckets via Cloudfront but for some reason the only response is an AccessDenied XML document like the following: AccessDenied Access Denied …
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What does Apache's "Require all granted" really do?

I've just update my Apache server to Apache/2.4.6 which is running under Ubuntu 13.04. I used to have a vhost file that had the following: AllowOverride All But when I ran that I…
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Postgresql: what does GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE do?

I'm trying to grant all privileges on all tables of a given database to a new postgres user (not the owner). It seems that GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE my_db TO new_user; does not do that. After running said command successfully (as the…
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How can I show user's privileges in MySQL?

I know that I can set user's privileges in the following simple way: grant all on [database name].[table name] to [user name]@[host name]; But how can I see existing privileges? I need to see data similar to those which are used in grant. In other…
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Why does sudo command take long to execute?

I've been picking up Linux (Fedora 10, then 11) over the past few months (and enjoying it immensely-- it's like discovering computers all over again, so many things to learn). I've added my user to the last line of the /etc/sudoers file as shown…
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Changing host permissions for MySQL users

I have the following grants for a user/database mysql> SHOW GRANTS FOR 'username'@'localhost'; +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Grants for username@localhost …
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What's wrong with always being root?

I have a feeling this is a stupid question, but this is something I've wondered for awhile. I have a VPS and this is my first big linux venture. I am the only person who has access to it. My question is, what is wrong with just logging in as root as…
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How to setup linux permissions for the WWW folder?

Updated Summary The /var/www directory is owned by root:root which means that no one can use it and it's entirely useless. Since we all want a web server that actually works (and no-one should be logging in as "root"), then we need to fix this.…
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How do I grant start/stop/restart permissions on a service to an arbitrary user or group on a non-domain-member server?

We have a suite of Windows Services running on our servers which perform a bunch of automated tasks independently of one another, with the exception of one service which looks after the other services. In the event that one of the services should…
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How to change owner of mount point

We have moved mysql data directory to another disk, so now /var/lib/mysql is just a mount point to another partition. We set the owner of the /var/lib/mysql directory to mysql.mysql. But everytime we mount the partition, the ownership changes to…
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What permissions are needed to write a PID file in /var/run?

On Ubuntu: touch: cannot touch `/var/run/test.pid': Permission denied I am starting start-stop-daemon and like to write the PID file in /var/run start-stop-daemon is run as my-program-user /var/run setting is drwxr-xr-x 9 root root I like to…
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