Top "Privileges" questions

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

What is the Difference Between Windows Administrator and Windows System Users

Is there any privilege difference between the Windows Administrator User and the System User? There have been some times, where …

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Programmatically getting UID and GID from username in Unix?

I'm trying to use setuid() and setgid() to set the respective id's of a program to drop privileges down from …

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Display default access privileges for relations, sequences and functions in Postgres

After altering the default privileges on a Postgres database object, how can you view them? For instance, if you grant …

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User with grant option can't grant create user

I created a user (new_user) with root like this: GRANT ALL ON labor.* TO 'new_user'@'%' WITH …

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Windows Vista/Windows 7 privilege: SeDebugPrivilege & OpenProcess

Everything I've been able to find about escalating to the appropriate privileges for my needs has agreed with my current …

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How to revoke access to *.* for new user in mysql?

In mysql 5.6 command line client (when logged in as root), i created a user with: CREATE USER 'admin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED …

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How do I correctly set ownership and privileges in MariaDB (MySQL)?

I'm trying to setup a database schema on MariaDB which originally comes from PostgreSQL. What is the correct syntax in …

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Make Inno Setup installer request privileges elevation only when needed

Inno Setup installer has the PrivilegesRequired directive that can be used to control, if privileges elevation is required, when installer …

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What account does IIS Express run under?

I need to get my dev machine to read a certificate from the local machine store to do this I …

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How can I tell if my process is running as Administrator?

I would like to display some extra UI elements when the process is being run as Administrator as opposed to …

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