I can't seem to find the "Authorizations" GUI that was present in earlier ubuntus for configuring system policies. It used to be in System - Administration - Authorizations. Which package does it come in? What's the console command for it?
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I am trying to make the edit referenced on this page. But obviously it is for an older Ubuntu version because the /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf file does not exist on my 10.04 system.
How do I go about making this edit for however 10.04 handles PolicyKit calls now?
It details I should be replacing a line that looks like
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With
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Any ideas where I would find such a line?
I am trying to make the edit referenced on this page. But obviously it is for an older Ubuntu version because the /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf file does not exist on my 10.04 system.
How do I go about making this edit for however 10.04 handles PolicyKit calls now?
It details I should be replacing a line that looks like
Code:
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
With
Code:
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.*">
[Code].....
I am looking for PolicyKit rpm for my RHEL 5.4 64 bit machine. I looked in most of the places but couldn't find one. Can somebody point me to this? Even the source rpm would be fine.
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polkit-gnome-authorization
In F12 this doesn't work. I get an error message "command not found"
How do I access PolicyKit in Fedora 12?
How can I get rid of all policykit restrictions that fedora 13 has? I just upgraded from fedora 10 and of course my freenx sessions are again unable to do anything useful like mounting a drive. Difference is no GUI now to help fix this. So I would like to get rid of all restrictions.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am currently reviewing what it means to switch over to Ubuntu and I have the following scenario. If I was to switch all the windows servers over to an Ubuntu solution. I already understand that file servers/ mail servers and resources can be provided Ubuntu 10.04. The issue comes with the user accounts access and control. In a windows environment, I have a domain with sub domain sites. I am able to control passwords in each site separately thought Active directory. I need the instructions on how to setup an LDAP server so that I can control access rights to different services located on different servers.
Example 1.
I have 5 mail servers and on the HR side, I have 2 email administrators. I wish to provide them access to only the relevant resources centrally. With out having to add users to different users repeatedly. For example, if I wanted to grant the two administrators access to all five servers. As I understand it, I would have to create the same user on every server and add a public key on every server, as well as set the administration rights for that user on each server individually.
I want to be capable of doing this like I am in a windows environment from some sort of domain controller equivalent. Things that I must be able to do, manage users public keys on each server centrally. Add and remove user's access to each server centrally. Finite control on what each user can do on each server. (i.e., add them to the sudo group or any other group for specific servers/server class I specify). To a lesser extent of requirement, I also need to be able to inform users they have to change there password every 3 months from when they change it. As well as enforce password rules, such as characters complication.
why can I not allow remote sessions admin rights? why is there a remote exception thrown when Gnome auto mounts my cdrom? Here is a valid use case for auto mounting on a headless server. Server live in external room, admin pc lives in different part of same building. Server needs new software on CD admin walks to server puts cd in server walks to admin pc installs software. Currently you need to mount manually. not a big deal but could be so much easier if I didn't have to do this.who can a moan to in order to get policykit changed.
P.S. I'm a developer willing to put my time where my mouth is and change this.
How would I ensure that whenever any user changes the password it should meet following.
1)It should be more than 7 Characters.
2)Atleast one Upper case character,digit and special character present.
3)Password is not same as username or dictionary word .
4)User should get email after changing his password(I have already setup mail account and tested the setup).
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Distribution Detail
# lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: EnterpriseEnterpriseServer
Description: Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Carthage)
Release: 5.2
Codename: Carthage
# uname -a
Linux OFSMUW-VMGR-51 2.6.18-92.el5PAE #1 SMP Fri May 23 22:26:05 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
I am facing a problem when I tried to set policies on the firewall with following commands:
iptables -A INPUT -p TCP -s 0/0 --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p UDP -s 0/0 --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p TCP -s 0/0 -j REJECT
[code]....
Here, I want to deny all traffic except DNS traffic, it should be permitted. I tried to log the traffic but I did not find any update in /var/log/messages.
Looks like its some sort of PolicyKit issue. Documentation (and I suspect the system itself) all assume that I have only one user. But my computer is a two-seat, my girlfriend and I are logged in at the same time. Only I am able to mount and write to USB drives. I suspect its because my account is always logged in first.
Dolphin gives the following error: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolicy
blah blah org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable auth_admin_keep_always
So my guess is that this "auth_admin" for some reason only refers to my user. I opened up the "Global Configuration" application (something that typed up when I filtered for 'policy' in the application launcher), and added my user, my girlfriends user and the 'user' group as "System Administrators". I logged out and logged back in on her account and this did nothing.
after a recent update my policykit permissions stopped working, and I can't understand why.An example: mounting a flash drive requires password, hinting on rg.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount. /usr/share/polkit-/actions/org.freedesktop.udisks.policy has the following:
Code:
<action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount">
<description>Mount a device</description>
[code]....
Is it possible to only view certain chains and more specifically certain chain policies with options when doing: iptables -L..I would like for example view FORWARD ACCEPT rules instead of waiting for all of the drop rules to load when viewing a firewalled iptables.
View 1 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know how to (permanently) get rid of this?
As you might have guessed, typing the root password and pressing OK has no effect.
This is NOT a laptop!
Write a shell script setup linux security policies include:
1. password policy
2. User policy
3. firewall
Note: Create a file.sh from 1 to 3. purposes:
If (1) successful then 2 If (2) successful then 3 End
I don't know how to write a shell script to set security policies for Linux to start. and how. I know that there are many security policies for Linux but do not know which one best suited to write a shell script.
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What I am trying to do is edit the link target to force ip=xxxx.xxx.xxx string at end. I have a software program which access 4 different servers running the software but with different configs. In xp I can copy links and modify as above to correctly force the program to the various servers.
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Im trying to control my works server from home (due to the snow) and need to edit part of my monte carlo code so need Xforwarding turned on, have tried to edit /ect/ssh/ssh_config to this effect but Im being told I do not have the permission to save the editted file... I am the only user on the computer and this is a pretty much fresh copy of Ubuntu (using 9.04 instead of 9.10 due to networking issues on my laptop, didnt want to risk it on my desktop)
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI am trying to edit a C++ source file, but gedit wont allow me to save changes to it. Gedit says:
Code:
A file with the same name already exists. Please use a different name.
Right. Of course the file exists, I am trying to edit an existing file.
About the same happens with kate... Kate opens the file in read-only mode.
However, if I edit the same file with nano, editing and saving works. So the problem shouldn't be with access rights. Also "ls" shows rw rights to the file.
What could be the problem? I can use nano, but I would need the syntax highlightind, and other features of a better editor.
And whether I use sudo or not has no effect. The same happens with or without sudo, and I am the owner of the file.
PS. luckily I am still dual booting with Hardy. I can always go back.
Oh and this is a new installation of ubuntu 10.04
I am trying to edit fstab to auto mount a couple of windows shares. I have this but it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? code...
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I chose the "application shortcut" tab and there I realized that the "add" function behaves very strangely.
A window pops upp with a text entry that lets me add a command name, but nothing to enter the shortcut's name. Anyhow, whatever I write in there, the window closes when I enter OK and nothing more happens.
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I'm running into a problem with ufw when enabled and need to edit before.rules but i simply do not know how to safely do so. This is a known issue [URL] The problem for me is;i issue the command sudo vi /etc/ufw/before.rules and i get there,i use the arrow keys to get to this part to replace "-m conntrack --ctstate" to "-m state --state" and i do not know how to execute this safely.I am using enter keys,delete keys and.
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