ZDNET key takeaways Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux.Using the root account could lead to ...

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

On Linux, the umask defines how new files and directories inherit access rights. Linux uses your current umask value to ...

Linux has over 1,000 commands on a basic service. When you migrate to the desktop, that number grows. For example, in /usr/bin on Pop!_OS there are 1,615 commands, and in /usr/sbin, there are 609.

Linux might sound scary for first-time Linux users, but actually, it isn’t. Linux is a bunch of open-source Unix operating systems based on Linux Kernel. These operating systems are called Linux ...

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 ...

I need an explanation of the directories in linux. Where are programs kept, and what directories do what and have what inside them?<BR><BR>/bin<BR>/boot<BR>/dev<BR ...