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

The following methods can be used for resetting the root password if the root password is unknown. If you use GRUB for booting, select the system to be booted, and add 1 to the end of the kernel boot ...

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 ...

Linux, renowned for its robustness and security, is a powerful multi-user operating system that allows multiple people to interact with the same system resources without interfering with each other.

I am missing something obvious, I am sure, but we are considering moving from RH to Ubuntu for some of our servers so I am building some test boxes with it. Although it does ask me for a user level ...

Qualys said the vuln gives any local user root access to systems running the most popular version of Sudo. A doozy of a bug that could allow any local user on most Linux or Unix systems to gain root ...

The Kali Linux distribution is going to switch to a new security model by defaulting to a non-root user starting with the upcoming 2020.1 release. This change will come with the release of the 2020.1 ...

Run0 is a new and innovative privilege escalation program for Systemd-based Linux distros. It provides a lightweight and “config-less” alternative to traditional escalation apps such as sudo and doas.