Questions tagged [permissions]
Permissions define the operations that authenticated users are allowed to perform on file systems, databases and other computer systems.
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Remove manifest permissions in Vista
I have been developing a C# windows form application in XP. It all works just fine. But in Vista it was not able to write the log or scoreboard file to the hard drive. I found out that I needed a ...
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Can I listen on a port (using HttpListener or other .NET code) on Vista without requiring administrator priveleges? [duplicate]
I'm using HttpListener to allow a user to set up a proxy on a user-defined port. When I start the HttpListener, I get an exception if the application isn't running under administrator privileges in ...
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Why does subversion chown/recreate files on checkin?
I have a personal wiki that I take notes on. The wiki's pages are in a subversion working copy directory, "pages", and I set their permissions to 664, owned by www-data:www-data. My username is in ...
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Very slow response for Visual Studio 2005 Web Site Administration Tool
I am working on an ASP.NET application and am trying to add user authentication. As a first step, I am using the Web Site Administration tool (Website | ASP.NET Configuration) to manage users and ...
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How can I setup the permissions in Linux so that two users can update the same SVN working copy on the server?
My server has both Subversion and Apache installed, and the Apache web directory is also a Subversion working copy. The reason for this is that the simple command svn update /server/staging will ...
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Can't copy file with appropriate permissions using FileIOPermission
This snippet works well if I try to write in a user directory but as soon as I try to write in Program Files, it just executes silently and the file has not been copied (no exception). If I try to ...
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GetProcessesByName() and Windows Server 2003 scheduled task
Does anybody know what user privileges are needed for the following code needs to successfully execute as a scheduled task on Windows Server 2003:
System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(...
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Starting a process in C# with username & password throws "Access is Denied" exception
Inside a .NET 3.5 web app running impersonation I am trying to execute a process via:
var process = new Process
{ StartInfo =
{ CreateNoWindow = true,
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How do you set directory permissions in NSIS?
I'm trying to build a Windows installer using Nullsoft Install System that requires installation by an Administrator. The installer makes a "logs" directory. Since regular users can run this ...
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How do I check if a directory is writeable in PHP?
Does anyone know how I can check to see if a directory is writeable in PHP?
The function is_writable doesn't work for folders.
Edit: It does work. See the accepted answer.
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Sharepoint Item Level Access & performance
i have created a workflow activity that do give the item creater of a specific list full control on the item and set everyone else to read only access (permission)
someone told me that doing it this ...
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sudo echo "something" >> /etc/privilegedFile doesn't work [duplicate]
This is a pretty simple question, at least it seems like it should be, about sudo permissions in Linux.
There are a lot of times when I just want to append something to /etc/hosts or a similar file ...
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How do I use sudo to redirect output to a location I don't have permission to write to? [closed]
I've been given sudo access on one of our development RedHat linux boxes, and I seem to find myself quite often needing to redirect output to a location I don't normally have write access to.
The ...
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Hierarchical Group Permissions Theory/Resources?
Does anyone know of some good resources related to setting up heirarchical user account systems? I'm currently setting one up and am struggling with some of the more complex logic (especially with ...
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Why is access denied when installing SSL cert on IIS 5?
I'm working with a support person who is supposed to be able to install SSL certs on a web server he maintains. He has local admin rights to the server via a domain security group. He also has ...
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