If you’re a Unix admin, it helps to know how password aging is managed and how you can determine when a password was last changed or force a change in the near future. The key to understanding how ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Password managers remain vital to your security.Linux has plenty of available options.These tools are ...

If you want an example of evolution in action, look at the GNU/Linux password system. Although it includes the basic UNIX password structure as a vestigial organ, natural selection in the form of ...

Quest Privilege Manager for Unix (QPM) currently only works with Unix derivatives. No Windows allowed. QPM also uses a different approach than the other three products we tested in that it permits the ...

ITworld.com – Send in your Unix questions today! | See additional Unix tips and tricks Firmware passwords can be a very useful security measure when you need to keep systems stable in spite of the ...

When organizations stitch together sudo and other tools as part of a fragmented approach to manage Unix/Linux privileged access, it almost invariably results in dangerous security gaps and management ...

Password aging is a mechanism that allows the system to enforce a certain lifetime for passwords. While this may be moderately inconvenient for users, it ensures that passwords are changed ...

We have a new domain controller running samba 3.0.4. Be sure to get the new 3.0.4 rpms from suse since the 3.0.2 default install has an annoying NTLM password ...