Android INJECT_EVENTS permission

To inject events into a separate process, it is required to both install your app into /system/app and sign your APK with the system certificate. 1. Add permission to the app manifest <uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.INJECT_EVENTS”/> 2. Sign your APK with the system certificate This requires that you have the AOSP source in order to build a … Read more

How can I use a new Perl module without install permissions?

From perlfaq8: How do I keep my own module/library directory?: When you build modules, tell Perl where to install the modules. For C-based distributions, use the INSTALL_BASE option when generating Makefiles: perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=/mydir/perl You can set this in your CPAN.pm configuration so modules automatically install in your private library directory when you use the … Read more

Android: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: start Intent

You have to add android:exported=”true” in the manifest file in the activity you are trying to start. From the android:exported documentation: android:exported Whether or not the activity can be launched by components of other applications — “true” if it can be, and “false” if not. If “false”, the activity can be launched only by components … Read more

sudo echo “something” >> /etc/privilegedFile doesn’t work [duplicate]

Use tee –append or tee -a. echo ‘deb blah … blah’ | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list Make sure to avoid quotes inside quotes. To avoid printing data back to the console, redirect the output to /dev/null. echo ‘deb blah … blah’ | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null Remember about the (-a/–append) flag! Just tee … Read more

List of Android permissions normal permissions and dangerous permissions in API 23? [duplicate]

As of API level 23, the following permissions are classified as PROTECTION_NORMAL: ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY ACCESS_WIFI_STATE BLUETOOTH BLUETOOTH_ADMIN BROADCAST_STICKY CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE CHANGE_WIFI_STATE DISABLE_KEYGUARD EXPAND_STATUS_BAR GET_PACKAGE_SIZE INSTALL_SHORTCUT INTERNET KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS NFC READ_SYNC_SETTINGS READ_SYNC_STATS RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED REORDER_TASKS REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES SET_ALARM SET_TIME_ZONE SET_WALLPAPER SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS TRANSMIT_IR UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT USE_FINGERPRINT VIBRATE WAKE_LOCK WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS and Dangerous permissions : READ_CALENDAR WRITE_CALENDAR CAMERA READ_CONTACTS WRITE_CONTACTS … Read more

WAMP error: Forbidden You don’t have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server

Change the file content of c:\wamp\alias\phpmyadmin.conf to the following. Note: You should set the Allow Directive to allow from your local machine for security purposes. The directive Allow from all is insecure and should be limited to your local machine. <Directory “c:/wamp/apps/phpmyadmin3.4.5/”> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride all Order Deny,Allow Allow from all </Directory> Here … Read more

How to grant MODIFY_PHONE_STATE permission for apps ran on Gingerbread

The problem you’re having was introduced in Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Any code you have that requires MODIFY_PHONE_STATE will work all the way up to (and including) Android 2.2, but will break for Android 2.3+. A change was checked in by David Brown that limits the use of the MODIFY_PHONE_STATE permission to system apps. System apps … Read more

IIS AppPoolIdentity and file system write access permissions

The ApplicationPoolIdentity is assigned membership of the Users group as well as the IIS_IUSRS group. On first glance this may look somewhat worrying, however the Users group has somewhat limited NTFS rights. For example, if you try and create a folder in the C:\Windows folder then you’ll find that you can’t. The ApplicationPoolIdentity still needs … Read more

IIS7 Permissions Overview – ApplicationPoolIdentity

ApplicationPoolIdentity is actually the best practice to use in IIS7+. It is a dynamically created, unprivileged account. To add file system security for a particular application pool see IIS.net’s “Application Pool Identities”. The quick version: If the application pool is named “DefaultAppPool” (just replace this text below if it is named differently) Open Windows Explorer … Read more