Questions tagged [usermod]
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Default groups assigned to the first user in Ubuntu Server 8.04?
I just made a silly mistake on my Ubuntu Server box: I added myself to a group using usermod -G, after which I discovered the -a option...
The result is that I am now out of the admin group, and lost my sudo rights. I can sort that out, but I want…
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Wayne Koorts
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Add a Home directory for already created user when no direct root login available
I have a user account provided by client with unrestricted sudo access, but this user has no home directory. I want to create one, but I'm not sure how to go about it.
I tried logging in as my normal user and sudo suing into root, then running
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kuldeep.kamboj
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is it safe to group a user under "nobody" group
I have created a group called "devs". All our coders are grouped under "devs" so that they can access our websites which are all under public_html folder.
I changed the group of public_hml to "devs", however, the server seem to override this, now…
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Add www-data to group
I have a directory with the following details:
drwxrwxr-x 6 root devs 4.0K Sep 9 14:57 project_dev
Now I want www-data (Apache daemon) to have an access to this directory, so in my mind I am planning to add www-data to group devs. However I fear…
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Leandro Garcia
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Apache 2.4.6 (User mod 403)
Hello (Sorry for my bad english)
I have a big problem on my server (Debian)
I have do the upgrade and for all my clients (mysite.fr/~user) I have an error 403 :
In /etc/log/apache2/error.log
[Mon Dec 23 13:56:08.295684 2013] [authz_core:error] [pid…
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Servuc
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How to add LDAP user to existing group?
I'm attempting to add some of our LDAP users to a locally defined group on our RHEL server, however I get an error stating that the LDAP user is not found in /etc/passwd.
What would be the best way to allow LDAP users to be added to local groups?
My…
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Highway of Life
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Change default home dir of user
I want to change the default home directory of a user from this:
User: john
Default home: /home/john
To this:
User: john
Home: /var/www/project/new-home
How could i do that?
What i've tried so far is use usermod:
usermod -m -d…
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Jonathan Solorzano
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Join existing linux user to AD domain
I succesfully join fedora and ubuntu thanks to realmd package.
After I join the machine I can also log with a domain user with no problem.
What I'd like to do now is to move and existing local user to a domain one.
I found usermod useful to change a…
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suoko
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Exim4 panic log: "Failed to get user name for uid 1001"
I have a router which delivers mail to certain domains into a MailDir for the domain, and uses a domain:user map to give file ownership to the right user.
The problem is that since updating the uid of the users (needed to bring in sync with other…
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artfulrobot
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recovering from a plaintext password in usermod -p
My small office's server was under attack yesterday and today and apparently the hacker gained access through a weak password (i.e. I am to blame entirely). The moment I noticed this, I fysically disconnected the server from the internet and changed…
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zenlord
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why apache still write files it did have permissions to after I exclude it from the group that has permission when it was running
On the server, I have a file called upload and
its state was as follows:
drwx--x--- 12 bob bob 4096 JUL 20 19:07 upload
I use this file to be the destination file of the PHP function move_uploaded_file's second argument to store the uploaded…
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longtengaa
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Can't change user's details with `usermod`, it claims they are still logged in
I can't change a user's home directory using usermod;
[root@server ~]# usermod -d /some/opther/path userfoo
usermod: user userfoo is currently logged in
[root@server ~]$ who
myuser pts/0 2013-06-17 11:29 (1.2.3.4)
As you can see, I am the…
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jwbensley
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Changed shell and can't ssh login to root account
I used the command usermod -s /bin/fish root to change the root user's shell and now I can't login to my root account. Why is this happening?
I am trying to SSH into a server running Ubuntu through Putty on Windows. Getting a permission denied…
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moesef
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Root password change using usermod
I'm trying to implement an automated root password change for our Linux boxes. I'm generating a hash in the script since users will be able to see the contents of the script.
I found that you can pass a hash with the usermod utility. However,…
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kernelpanic
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User wants PHP to be able to write files in his directory
The user wants to let PHP write files in his /home/ directory, he is advising me to do usermod -a -G www-data username where username is his username. I wasn't sure if this was a security issue or not.
What is the best way approaching this?
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ParoX
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