Top "Privileges" questions

This tag is for questions relating to the general topic of privileges, without reference to any specific operating system or application.

IOError: 13, 'Permission denied' when writing to /etc/hosts via Python

I have a Python app that I'm working on that needs to access the hosts file to append a few …

python io privileges sudo hosts-file
setuid(0) with CAP_SETUID

I am trying to change my uid to 0 as non-root with the CAP_SETUID capability. I have the following program: #…

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How can I run with root@localhost privileges in MySQL?

I'm trying to run a GRANT ALL statement: GRANT ALL ON daisyrepository.* TO daisy@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password_here'; I've …

mysql privileges mysql-error-1044
Does full trust mean the same as Run As Administrator

Does full trust mean the same as Run As Administrator? I have read things stating that "for this to work, …

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Why is a shell within a docker container showing dmesg content from the host?

I have a docker container running Debian jessie on Ubuntu yakkety. When within the docker (connected via ssh for instance) …

docker containers privileges elevated-privileges
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges when inserting via dblink

This works: (connect to some_db) INSERT INTO some_schema.some_table(id) VALUES (some_schema.some_table.nextval); THis …

oracle oracle10g privileges dblink ora-01031
Hashing SSNs and other limited-domain information

I'm currently working on an application where we receive private health information. One of the biggest concerns is with the …

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Alter default privileges for a group role in PostgreSQL

I have created two group roles in Postgres 9.2: one is called admins and the other is called readers. The idea …

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No privileges to gather table stats

I have an oracle package with a procedure that create table, than it grant priviliges on it. The code is …

oracle privileges table-statistics