The sudo command lets users elevate their privileges to run admin tasks. But it's far from perfect. These tips can help.

Despite appearing rather complex at first glance, the Linux terminal is a nifty tool for most tasks, be it installing new ...

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux sudo command that could allow unprivileged users to execute commands as root. Thankfully, this vulnerability only works in non-standard ...

The root can do everything but login, and specific users get the privilege to do certain things. sudo XKCD #149 (CC by SA 2.5) In the Linux world, sudo is very common.

The bug allows users to bypass privilege restrictions to execute commands as root. A vulnerability in Sudo, a core command utility for Linux, could allow a user to execute commands as a root user even ...

Linux distributions vary widely in how they come configured. For example, Ubuntu doesn't allow you to use the root user out-of-the-box. You can only operate superuser commands using the sudo command.

After using Linux for some time, you’ll notice that it’s pretty easy to run hundreds of commands every day. The history command shows all the previously used commands within the bash terminal.

A researcher has discovered a new vulnerability called "Dirty_Sock" in the REST API for Canonical's snapd daemon that can allow attackers to gain root access on Linux machines. To illustrate how ...