Is there a way to fix home folder permissions remotely?
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I have a remote ubuntu computer that I connect to via SSH. The remote computer has only one user. I accidentally changed the user's home folder permissions (to 555, I believe) and because of that I can no longer ssh in. Is there a way to fix the permissions remotely?
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It's possible you may be able to run commands over ssh even though you cannot start a login shell over...
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Hello, So about 2 weeks ago whenever i tried to open iTunes this poped up.. "The folder "iTunes" is on a locked disk or you do not have write permissions for this folder" i have NO idea why this has started happening and if someone...
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locate the folder on your c disk ( or what ever designation your computer has given to your primary...
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OS X Sites folder permissions and a question about flags on the files in bash. What gives? I use my MacBook Pro as a test server, running Apache. I sync my files (two-way sync, using Chronosync) between my Mac and my home Windows system. Sometimes after...
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The manual is your friend. Really. $ man ls ... The Long Format If the -l option is given, the following...
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I have taken over a Windows 7 computer that the girl previous to me had set up. I have changed all of the names (user name, computer name) to my own. Still, my user drive is left as her name. Even though this isnt a huge issue, I need to sort out the...
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Unfortunately, there isn't (to my knowledge) any smarter way short of creating no less than THREE separate...
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I would like to set permission such as right, read, full, etc...for files and printers on my computer. I already have them sharing, but there is no way for me to set the permissions. From web research, I see that you can add or remove users, and grant...
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Hi, There are various inbuilt OS tools with which you can change the NTFS permissions however modifying...
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I want to make it so that a shared folder is only accessible by a user on another computer on my network but when I go to Advanced Sharing > Permissions > Add > Locations... only my main computer is listed, not the other one, and so I can only...
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I need to give write-access to a folder with many files to a person outside of my home network. I'm trying to do this: I have an assistant in the Philippines and I would like her to organize my music collection. I want to give her access to my entire...
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you could copy all your files to a dropbox account. Then, give him/her the password to the account,...
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How can I keep the Users folder tidy in Leopard? I work at a university where we're moving towards having users login with their Active Directory accounts on Leopard workstations for the first time. We're hoping to keep the Users directory on these workstations...
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Here's a discussion thread about setting up a system-wide logout hook. In a nutshell: sudo /usr/bin...
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I keep a folder on my desktop called "Pics," and put all the funny/cool pictures I find on the internet there. Within Pics, I have folders to organize different pictures so it's easier to find whatever I'm looking for. However, out of the blue...
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Sorry, I don't have an answer, but the same thing is happening to me right now. I've tried everything...
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We are running a small business from our home. We have 2 computers that share files (that includes opening, editing, and saving the edited files back to the public document folder) Now, today I have a family member working with us and she needs access...
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