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  2. Privilege (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, privilege is defined as the delegation of authority to perform security-relevant functions on a computer system. [1] A privilege allows a user to perform an action with security consequences. Examples of various privileges include the ability to create a new user, install software, or change kernel functions.

  3. Wheel (computing) - Wikipedia

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    The phrase wheel war, which originated at Stanford University, [8] is a term used in computer culture, first documented in the 1983 version of The Jargon File.A 'wheel war' was a user conflict in a multi-user (see also: multiseat) computer system, in which students with administrative privileges would attempt to lock each other out of a university's computer system, sometimes causing ...

  4. File-system permissions - Wikipedia

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    NTFS implemented in Microsoft Windows NT and its derivatives, use ACLs [1] to provide a complex set of permissions. OpenVMS uses a permission scheme similar to that of Unix. There are four categories (system, owner, group, and world) and four types of access permissions (Read, Write, Execute and Delete).

  5. Comparison of privilege authorization features - Wikipedia

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    A number of computer operating systems employ security features to help prevent malicious software from gaining sufficient privileges to compromise the computer system. . Operating systems lacking such features, such as DOS, Windows implementations prior to Windows NT (and its descendants), CP/M-80, and all Mac operating systems prior to Mac OS X, had only one category of user who was allowed ...

  6. Protection ring - Wikipedia

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    In computer terms, supervisor mode is a hardware-mediated flag that can be changed by code running in system-level software. System-level tasks or threads may [a] have this flag set while they are running, whereas user-level applications will not. This flag determines whether it would be possible to execute machine code operations such as ...

  7. Oracle Identity Management - Wikipedia

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    Product Software Stack Description Original name Notes Oracle Internet Directory (OID) : OIM An LDAP directory server that stores its data in an Oracle database.: Following its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation maintains both Oracle Internet Directory and the Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition (renamed to Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition) as strategic LDAP ...

  8. Privilege escalation - Wikipedia

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    Privilege escalation is the act of exploiting a bug, a design flaw, or a configuration oversight in an operating system or software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.

  9. Oracle Management Server - Wikipedia

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    In relational database management systems and in the particular context of an Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) environment, an Oracle Management Server (OMS) is a software system that functions as a middle tier between Oracle intelligent agents and Oracle management consoles. The system may operate on multiple nodes and by default uses a schema ...