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Short for "file system permissions" - access control based on user, group, or global access.

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I use Inkscape to run a vinyl cutter. Every time I try to use the cutter I have to change permissions using: sudo chmod a+rw /dev/ttyUSB0 I believe there should be a way to set up permissions, ...
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Some apps, notably the LibreOffice suite and Firefox, seem to be unable to access files in my .local folder. Other apps, such as Image Viewer, Obsidian, and Vim are able to open them without issue. ...
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I need a file/directory permission based on user/group. /srv/share /srv/share/accounts /srv/share/sales admin user owns all files/directory under /srv/share/ Accounts department can read/write in /...
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I can change a directory to setgid with chmod 2775. Shouldn't I be able to unset it with chmod 0775?
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I'm trying to install a php application (Nextcloud, if it's important) on my Ubuntu 24.04.4 server and I keep getting an error message saying: Can't write into config directory!...
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I'm new to Linux, and I've installed Ubuntu 26.04 on an old laptop. I've installed Tor browser and have tried to download a file, but as soon as the save or run box appears and I click OK, the browser ...
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I have used ubuntu on servers for many years but the file rights are still playing with my brain. I don´t think I use ACL.s I use samba and php running in a docker container with the folder mapped for ...
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On a dual boot PC with Windows and Ubuntu 24.04 as a user share, I'm seeing inconsistent access to a mounted Windows drive. When listing the drive contents using the natively supported Windows access, ...
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Subject: Locked out of Oracle Cloud ARM Instance - Permission denied (publickey) - Help needed with Key Injection The Problem: I am locked out of my Oracle Cloud "pay as i use" ARM Instance (...
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Hi my ubuntu isint letting me move my pak files from iso image to desktop
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Laptop: HP OMEN 16-wd0xxx CPU: i5-1340H GPU: RTX 4050 OS: Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 Problem: Fan speed is not controllable on Linux. Fans either run incorrectly or cannot be accessed. What I tried: * ...
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I am having trouble getting my 8TB hard drive to mount permanently. I have already been able to mount it as a folder. I just cannot get it to have rw permissions in /etc/fstab. The rw flag does not ...
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How can I change the rights to a volume to solve below described problem? I am not able to create a new map on this below mentioned volume. I have tried to take ownership of the volume by using the ...
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I have set up Ubuntu on ZFS under LUKS as described here. However, I have used Ubuntu 24.04 instead of 22.10. This seems to work just fine, except for one thing: Directly after installation, on the ...
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I am very new to Ubuntu and really don't understand much of how this all works, so I apologize if this is a stupid question. I used to be able to back up my files to my external hard drive, but then ...

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