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Questions tagged [restricted-access]

This tag discusses protection of data using system configuration or file-based permissions.

This tag discusses protecting data system configuration or file-based permissions. This tag may include questions on setting up access restrictions to any part of the Ubuntu operating system, or any filesystem under Ubuntu, or changing these restrictions.

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Restrict user access to GPU

I wish to restrict access to using a GPU (in terms of reserving memory on it) for certain users on a jointly used workstation. So if a user tries to access the GPU on SSH, for example via CUDA, that request would be denied. Any ideas where to start…
jmaxx
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Why can't my Snap-installed apps access external drives?

I've recently set up a new server using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. When I try to access images on an external drive using the snap-installed Gimp I get errors that the files don't exist (even if I run Gimp from CLI using the file I can see is there and that…
Garry Hodgson
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How do I remove the requirement of being root for modifying a certain directory?

If I execute ls -al, i get: drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Jan 16 02:15 But I want: drwxr-xr-x 14 4096 Jan 16 02:15
Lavair
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Access denied to Windows partition on Ubuntu 17.04

I have installed Ubuntu 17.04 dual boot with Windows 10. Now I can't write data to my local disks from Ubuntu. I have only read access. Please help me to fix this problem.
Bibin Jaimon
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