I created a second user account on my machine, making it a "standard" user account. When I log into that account, most of the panel indicators I've added in my own administrator user account show up here as well -- but not all of them (e.g., the cpufreq indicator shows up in both accounts, but the multiload indicator does not show up in the second…
I'm getting thrown into an IDE war at the office, where multiple users have root access on our servers, and like to have everything their own way with VIM. Unfortunately, we have our servers locked down enough to where if you want to do anything, you need to have root access. Obviously (although this is obviously frowned upon), we get tired of…
I have a problem. There is a server which I can access with an account by ssh, lets say WG. Now there is a folder with the following permissions.
drwxr-s---+ 855 vvz www-data 20K Aug 21 17:56 pictures
I want to copy this folder using rsync, however since I am not the user www-data but WG I cannot execute rsync. So I want www-data to…
I have another interesting issue... because of some issue with a lost password, I had to manually change the password to one of the accounts via and DOS hack. However, somehow in the process I now have a phantom username that I am asked to logon to when Windows first starts... This username doesn't exit. In order to login, I have to…
I have another interesting issue... because of some issue with a lost password, I had to manually change the password to one of the accounts via and DOS hack. However, somehow in the process I now have a phantom username that I am asked to logon to when Windows first starts... This username doesn't exit. In order to login, I have to…
In my user folder (C:/Users/myAccount/) theres a set of interesting hidden files that I've never seen before (right now it's a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate).
These are:
NTUSER.DAT,
ntuser.dat.LOG1,
ntuser.dat.LOG2, and
NTUSER.DAT(whole chain of numbers and letters).TM.bif, NTUSER.DAT(whole chain of numbers and…
I have a problem with linking the oracle user to a business objects user. I will try to explain it as detailed as possible;
I have a Oracle database (10g) where a couple of users are defined. These users can query on information with application X. Those records will then be written into the oracle database. The…
We have just got a new Dell Studio 15 laptop running Windows 7 home premium with slot load DVD drive. If there is a DVD drive in the drive, every minute or so, the drive will spin up, make a couple of noises like it is reading something and then spin down.
I think this is ruining battery life.
There is no…
I've got a Dell Vostro 220 with an E7300 processor (Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66Mhz, LGA775 socket) and I'm thinking about upgrading my processor so I can run Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V, which requires Hardware Virtualization support in the processor.
Yes, I know this is underpowered for a server,…
I've got a Dell Vostro 220 with an E7300 processor (Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66Mhz, LGA775 socket) and I'm thinking about upgrading my processor so I can run Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V, which requires Hardware Virtualization support in the processor.
Yes, I know this is underpowered for a server,…
Is there any way to have Windows 7 hibernate Bob's account when switched to Mary's account and vice versa? I.e.:
Bob is logged in
Bob clicks Start shutdown switch user
Bob's session is saved to disk
Mary logs in
Mary's session is restored as it was when Bob's turn started
Both are heavy users (30+…
How do you allow a user to log in using "su - user" but prevent the user from login in using SSH?
I tried to set the shell to /bin/false but the when I try to su it doesn't work.
Are there several ways to only allo logins by su?
Is SSH's AllowUser the way to go? (how would I do this if it's the way…
There is a non-techsavvy user, who doesn't want to learn, and can only use Windows XP or 7. The problem is, that the computer is shared which she would like to use, and the computer stores sensitive, important data. Since she clicks on everything, it's quite a russian roulette.
How could I isolate…
I have an FTP server(proftpd on debian) that I'm going to allow a couple friends access to, and I want some safety nets in place, just in case.
These are some of the things I'd like to do:
Jail the accounts to their home directories and impose a cap on the amount of data they can upload
Allow them…
Is it possible to force users (on Windows 7 PCs) to change their password once it has expired?
Currently our users get notifications that their passwords will expire in 7, 3, 2 and 1 days but once the password has expired they are still able to log into their machines with the expired password.
…
I got a Dell Inspiron 1521 laptop from a local computer store that a buddy of mine works at. When I turned it on I had come to realize it has not been wiped and reverted to factory defaults.
How can revert the machine to factory defaults?
I do not have any of the CDs that came with the machine,…
Possible Duplicate:
How do I sync grouped Windows Store apps between devices?
Is there a way for me to copy/save/transfer my "start menu" configuration, meaning the grouping and ordering of the elements on the Start screen, between user profiles?
Is it in the registry?
I am open to…
I want to ask why there is only me on Task Manager's Users tab.
Originally I wanted to be able to chat with other clients on my local network using msg command, but I can't found any other user.
How to see other users on the same network? I use Work Network, and all of the users is using…
I have recently acquired a Dell Latitude E6410. It's great but I can't get Bluetooth to work.
I have enabled bluetooth for the Wireless Switch in the BIOS. However whenever I try and install the bluetooth driver from the CD I get the message:
Activate Bluetooth using the Wireless…
In my user folder (C:/Users/myAccount/) theres a set of interesting hidden files that I've never seen before (right now it's a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate).
These are:
NTUSER.DAT,
ntuser.dat.LOG1,
ntuser.dat.LOG2, and
NTUSER.DAT(whole chain of numbers and letters).TM.bif,…
my dell vostro 1520 crashed while i was installing drivers of windows 7 64bit. when i tried to update the bios it suddenly hanged. it remained in that state for a long time and was not getting off even by pressing and holding the power button. i removed the battery and after again…
I have a Dell Dimension 9150 which has failed. I'm trying to recover the data.
It had two SATA 250GB drives in RAID 0 configuration.
I'm trying to use a shuttle PC running Windows7 to recover the data from the drives which contained an XP boot volume. I just want the data, it…
My new Dell XPS 15 L521X just arrived. I need to set this up to dual boot Linux. Sadly, the system comes with four primary partitions. I can't do a clean install at the moment, so one of the partitions will have to be deleted before I can install Linux. The layout is as…
I've got to support a SharePoint web application which uses FBA with a custom membership and a custom role provider to authenticate the user against two different LDAPs. The user data are only stored in the user information lists. The SSP user profiles are not used.
Now…