I'm a few weeks away from rebuilding my PC with Windows 7 and need help understanding how to deal with NTFS permissions. [more inside]
posted by chrisch on Oct 21, 2009 - 5 answers

How to transfer administrative control of a SharePoint subsite? I.e. I created the site, assigned new owners, but now need to remove my own access. [more inside]
posted by keasby on Oct 15, 2009 - 2 answers

Can anybody immediately see why nc and tar didn't work together the way I expected they would? [more inside]
posted by flabdablet on Sep 26, 2009 - 21 answers

Registy editing permissions, group policies and Windows Defender, I think... [more inside]
posted by Iosephus on Aug 24, 2009 - 1 answer

I have a 1TB secondary drive in my desktop computer that I have the root of shared over my local network. Inside are 5 folders, all but one of I want to be accessible over the network (one is a backup folder I don't want accessible to other network computers). Before I reinstalled my OS I had figured some way of changing the permissions so that if I was on the desktop itself I could get into the backup folder, but if I was on any other computer on the network I could see the shared drive and modify any folder but the backup one. I just recently reinstalled Windows Vista (Went from 32 bit to 64 bit) and now I can’t remember how I had set the permissions. [more inside]
posted by token-ring on Aug 23, 2009 - 3 answers

I'm trying to find a procedure to create a zip file in Windows and preserve Unix file permissions from the original files... [more inside]
posted by oblio_one on Aug 7, 2009 - 10 answers

I have a MacBook Pro running Leopard. It has two admin accounts. Some time ago I stopped using account "A" in favor of new account "B" (the reason behind the creation of account B isn't relevant to this question, however). If I delete user account "A," what precautions must I take to ensure the preservation of the files created under "user A," and what automatically happens to the ownership of those files?
posted by Piscean on Jul 21, 2009 - 10 answers

Insufficient permissions error preventing copying files to NAS USB dongle based server from OS X machine [more inside]
posted by spyke23 on Apr 20, 2009 - 2 answers

XP: How do I set permissions for a user account to switch power schemes and create new ones? [more inside]
posted by mail on Apr 1, 2009 - 4 answers

Is there any FTP client or trickery to remember the UNIX permissions when transferring files from a UNIX machine to a Windows machine? [more inside]
posted by pineappleclock on Mar 27, 2009 - 3 answers

An organizationally obsessed GM wants to create a wiki-like site to house information on his created world. Challenge: he also wants a way to limit what information users can see on a given page, on a user by user basis. [more inside]
posted by elfgirl on Feb 11, 2009 - 9 answers

On a Windows share with a complex file tree, is there any way to lock down the tree so that folders can be added by all, but the directory structure itself can't be changed? [more inside]
posted by bartleby on Oct 13, 2008 - 2 answers

I am currently attempting to migrate files from an NT 4.0 file server to a NetApp filer appliance. Our current copy process (using Robocopy) will replace the target permissions with the source permissions. We would prefer to merge source permissions with target permissions, leaving any differing target permissions intact. [more inside]
posted by MrHappyGoLucky on Sep 24, 2008 - 2 answers

I am working with a laptop with one of those buttons that can enable or disable the wireless functionality. It seems that this button needs to be pressed each time that the computer is turned on, and doesn't just automatically remain on through reboots. [more inside]
posted by dance on Aug 16, 2008 - 3 answers

XP client removes write permissions on Samba share [more inside]
posted by chengjih on Aug 5, 2008 - 3 answers

I'm configuring some htaccess files for multiple directories and I'm having some problems incorporating groups of authorized users. [more inside]
posted by chillmost on Jul 11, 2008 - 2 answers

Torrented files can't be read by a remote machine until they are cut/pasted. Why, and how to fix it? [more inside]
posted by Four Flavors on Jun 17, 2008 - 2 answers

File and folder permissions on Windows Small Business Server 2003: what's the right way to set up a shared folder so it can only be accessed by a particular group? [more inside]
posted by bcwinters on May 21, 2008 - 11 answers

OS X Sites folder permissions and a question about flags on the files in bash. What gives? [more inside]
posted by caution live frogs on May 20, 2008 - 7 answers

Is there any way to bulk-reset the permissions and ownership settings on a volume in Vista? [more inside]
posted by Oktober on Mar 15, 2008 - 5 answers

What are some good resources for designing an access control and permissions system? [more inside]
posted by Nothing on Jan 17, 2008 - 1 answer

In Windows, how can I set up a group that has permission to create/edit/delete user accounts? [more inside]
posted by Khalad on Jan 2, 2008 - 7 answers

I need to customise Wordpress's "Write" SubPanel to remove all of the advanced options. [more inside]
posted by TheDonF on Nov 14, 2007 - 7 answers

How do I pass this password in the correct form to MySQL? [more inside]
posted by Tuwa on Sep 29, 2007 - 12 answers

Can I do anything with this read-only USB flash drive, or should I just write it off as a lost cause? [more inside]
posted by misha on Sep 2, 2007 - 6 answers

Serverfilter: My office is in the process of migrating to Windows Server 2003 for Fileserving. We constantly have issues with newly created files. Whenever they are placed on the server by a user, the immediately lose rights to do anything with the file. All other users attempting to access the files are also denied. This is just beyond frustrating. Any ideas what is happening and how to fix it? [more inside]
posted by ijoyner on Aug 30, 2007 - 11 answers

I need permission! System admin installed WordpressMu on a Linux server (we're a Windows shop mainly). I can create blogs and access all the admin functions through a browser just fine. But when I connect to the server via FTP to try to add plugins, templates, etc., I can only get to the first level of directories. [more inside]
posted by strangeleftydoublethink on Aug 29, 2007 - 3 answers

I have a small network consisting of a couple of PC's and a router/firewall/ADSL modem. On one PC, files that are placed in a folder which is shared with everyone else aren't accessible by everyone else. What am I doing wrong? [more inside]
posted by mr_silver on May 3, 2007 - 6 answers

Help me restrict MySQL privileges for a particular table without screwing up access to the rest of the database. [more inside]
posted by Robert Angelo on Jan 24, 2007 - 2 answers

Please help get my files inaccessible accessible so I can work on the train tomorrow! [more inside]
posted by yellowbkpk on Oct 8, 2006 - 3 answers

How do I set permissions on a Fedora Core 5 system so that two different users can create, edit, and delete files in the web root (/var/www/html), yet all files retain the ownership of apache:apache? [more inside]
posted by willc on Jul 24, 2006 - 2 answers

Read/write permissions on an iBook. [more inside]
posted by BackwardsCity on Jul 19, 2006 - 10 answers

My laptop died. I mounted the hard drive in a USB enclosure. If you can solve permission problems, that would help. If you can solve Mac / PC compatibility problems, that would help. If you can solve both, that would be great! [more inside]
posted by salvia on May 13, 2006 - 10 answers

Exchange + Entourage + Permissions Filter. I request your assistance with one more hurdle on the road to Mac OS X groupware nirvana. [more inside]
posted by MarvinTheCat on Mar 21, 2006 - 2 answers

Managing User Permissions: I'm reworking an existing system that has a fairly granular permission system and am looking to make it easier to use. At the risk of sounding like a complete clown¹, I've recently seen at least one OS permission system where permissions are encoded with ids that are (I think) all powers of 2, which allows the system to discern whether a user has access to a given permission from the sum of the user's permission ids. Can someone explain how this works? [more inside]
posted by yerfatma on Mar 21, 2006 - 16 answers

Best practices for managing massive permission systems for a giant home-brewed PHP CMS? [more inside]
posted by SpecialK on Mar 6, 2006 - 6 answers

A major publisher has approached me about using a photograph that I posted on my website that was originally taken by my dad (who, for reference, passed away a few years ago). According to the person who contacted me, the image would take up about a half-page in the interior of the book and they are interested in a quote for both world and North American rights. Can anyone give me a notion of what sort of compensation would be normal for this sort of thing and what the correct procedure might be? Thanks!
posted by stefnet on Mar 21, 2005 - 5 answers

Windows XP Home. I would like to control access to certain folders so that other users can't access them. Is there either:

A. A way as administrator to hide the folders, and then somehow prevent other users from accessing the "Show hidden files and folders" option in explorer:

B. A FREE utility to control access to folders. I have searched and searched, but I can't find any completely free ones.

Thank you! [more inside]
posted by eas98 on Aug 5, 2004 - 9 answers

I backed up my /library/webserver/documents folder to a firewire HD. When I dragged it back, the permissions went all kablooey:

drwxr-xr-x 36 root admin 1224 16 Jan 16:58 Documents

sudo chmod 755 Documents does not give groups write privileges.

1. Do I just need to go read a good chmod tutorial, or is something aberrant happening here?

2. Is there any way to apply appropriate permissions recursively?

Many thanks. [more inside]
posted by mecran01 on May 3, 2004 - 8 answers