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.

A vulnerability in Sudo, a core command utility for Linux, could allow a user to execute commands as a root user even if that root access has been specifically disallowed.

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 ...

Linux print commands Linux has several different print commands that you can use from a terminal window. Most of the commands can be used by both the logged on user id as well as by root.