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1. Solaris
i need to do the following operations in solaris 10:
1.change owner and group owner for files which are not owned by the current user and user group
2.to can delete files in the /tmp directory which are not of the current user
3. allow to a standard user the deletion of files in the /tmp... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sirmark
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2. Cybersecurity
What i did:
- logged in with acc1 and created a new user acc2
commands used: useradd and passwd.
- Then i logged in acc2. but all the files are owned by acc1.
Issue: I try to change the owner of the files using chown command . But it gives me a error message.
All i want to do is... (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: TotallyConfused
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3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
I'm the administrator of a server with SLES10 and when I type "ls -l" I'm getting a machine name where I should be getting the username, for example:
server:~# ls -l
drwxrwx---+ 3 user-1152$ group1 4096 2009-11-25 12:56 folder
drwxrwx---+ 3 user-1113$ group2 4096 2010-03-10 15:34... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: rodrigoroma
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi all,
We have some files are under 744 permissions and the the owner is say owner1 and group1.
Now we have another user owner2 of group2, owner2 can remove files of the owner1 and the permission of those files are 744, unix admin told us he did some config at his side so we can do that.
... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: TheGunMan
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi,
how can I get the owner of the file ( not uid) on windows plaform.
"getpwuid" is not working on windows. I knw it works on unix.
Thanks. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: shellwell
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6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
At the moment I'm just using `ls -o` (with `cut`), but `ls` is obviously giving me a lot more output than just the file owner. (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: Bilge
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am on a mission to determine the user of file. I have used the ls -l command but it displays permission, link, user, group, etc, but I just want to display just the name of user of a specified file.
Many thanks (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: unibboy
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8. Solaris
Hi Folks,
I know that changing users and groups is pretty basic admin, but this one has got me stumped. When I try to change the group of a file for which I am the owner for, it still gives me a 'Not owner' error.
For example, when I am logged in as 'webadmin', I have the following file:
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: brizrobbo
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
im running into changing the ownership of a file. I am trying to change the ownership to "system", but it doesn't want to work. I
sudo chown system /preferences.plist
Password:
chown: system: Invalid argument
is there a way to read the ownership of a file, something like
read chown... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: CBarraford
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
From within a directory, how do I determine whether I have write permission for it.
test -w pwd ; echo ?
This doesn't work as it returns false, even though I have write permission. (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Sniper Pixie
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