permissions

Is setting the SUID/SGID bit on the SVN binary a security risk?

I would like to use a callback feature of an SVN repository (Unfuddle) to ping a URL on my server whenever a commit has been made. I have a PHP script accepting the message and attempting to call a shell script to execute an 'svn update'. The problem I'm facing is that Apache is running under user 'www-data' and does not have access to ...

Item level permission for sharepoint custom list ,

Hi all, I have created a custom list with work flow associated with that. The workflow takes the item through different levels of approval. My workflow scenario is like Say an initiator add an item, which will go to manager for approval. When the manager approves, few columns in the current list will get updated. On manager approval it...

Authorising Web App users against User Information as well as Role.

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me with the following? I need some more complicated rules for authorisation in a webapp than just role, which I have working fine. Something along the lines of "Allow all Admins. Allow Buyers, provided they have the correct department ID and are allowed to see this customer's crede...

Correct way to find out if a service is running as the SYSTEM user

Hi All. What is the correct way to find out if a process is running as the SYSTEM user. I'm looking for a win32 C API to check for the system user. We used to check if the username was "SYSTEM", but since Windows Server 2008 R2 the SYSTEM user appears to be localised. I.e SYSTEEM on a Dutch system. I cant find much information about...

TFS grant permissions to only one Branch

I was asked to grant permissions to several TFS users. These users must have access to one branch only. How can I do this? I'm going to create new TFS user group and deny access to root of Source Control, then allow access to necessary branch. What do you think? ...

Linux user group folder permissions

I have a basic linux file permissions question: I have a folder named test: $ ls -la drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2010-10-25 17:11 . drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 2010-10-25 16:53 .. drw-rwS--- 3 root codedev 4096 2010-10-25 17:11 test In this folder (test) I want all users that are members of the group codedev to have read and...

BEST WAY ??? automated-tests with powershell-scripts in internetexplorer (Windows7)

Hello, Currently I create a program, which shall automated-tests. To allow for this problem-free I must deactivate Silverlight (because my scripts don´t work in windows7 otherwise). Is there a chance to do this, without the user must admin-permissions have? If yes: what chance is it? If no: Can I create the program only for users with...

Android: Signing my application with system key

I hear that to access permission like: - READ_FRAME_BUFFER The app needs to be signed with system key. If I understand correctly, that means the manufacturer sign the .apk file. Question: - Is it required that the manufacturer signed .apk to be shipped with a system image? or can it still be downloaded in the market place? - In real ...

C# - updating database file in C:/ or C:/folder causes fatal readonly file error

Hey, I have a database file in my C:/ directory (which I have also tried putting in the C:/CustomerApp_C directory). I can run the application and it loads the data just fine. However when I change some data and click Save it comes up with "Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. bla bla bla"... "Failed to update database ...

Facebook Graph API, definitive list of extended permissions

Can someone point me to an up-to-date and exhaustive list of extended permissions for Facebook Graph API? I've been using (http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/permissions), but that list doesn't include music, books, etc. Is that a subset of one of the existing permissions? ...

Objective-C variable with multiple permissions

I have a data model which is similar to this: (in another project) ________________________________ _______________________ | | | | | Graph | | DetailedGraph | | GraphListener lstnr ...