Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux. Using the root account could lead to disaster. Sudo is the preferred method of gaining elevated privileges. When I first started using Linux ...

Despite appearing rather complex at first glance, the Linux terminal is a nifty tool for most tasks, be it installing new packages or troubleshooting the most obscure errors. That said, enabling root ...

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 ...

Warning: All the steps shown in this article are performed in a controlled environment. Please do not follow the same steps in the working environment. No, executing "sudo rm -rf /" will not wipe out ...

We can change the forgotten root password from Emergency mode in Fedora in two ways. The first method should work on latest Fedora 42 and older versions and CentOS Stream 9 systems. And the second ...

A while ago, we described how to reset root user password in Unix (FreeBSD). Today, we will see how to reset or recover root user password in Linux. Trust me, resetting root user password on Linux is ...

JuNest (Jailed User Nest) is a lightweight Arch Linux based distribution that allows the creation of disposable and partially isolated GNU/Linux environments within ...

Patches submitted by Microsoft for the next version of the Linux kernel, 5.12, add the ability to boot the OS as the root partition on its Hyper-V hypervisor. The new "hyperv-next" patches follow an ...

With IoT, 5G and embedded devices becoming a larger part of everyone’s daily lives, security—and more importantly, trust in our technology—is on everyone’s minds. Embedded devices don’t have a good ...