The normal installation of most distros enables the first user created to have sudo rights to everything, without ever having to log in as root or spread the root password.

Linux is a multi-user operating system, even if you are the only person using your computer. The most basic of systems has two users: you and the superuser, which is also called root. Every file ...

Sudo has made Linux more secure and user-friendly. No longer having to change to (or log in to) the root user account avoids some serious security pitfalls and allows you to manage user access to ...

Conclusion Effective management of user accounts and permissions is crucial for maintaining the security and efficiency of Linux systems. By understanding and implementing the strategies outlined in ...

Here's a quick guide to adding users and groups, and then how to add users to groups, all from the command line on the Linux platform.

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 ...

A chroot is a root Linux file system within another. So by creating one, we can put ourselves inside our OS-in-progress and paint the house from the inside, so to speak.

A security vulnerability in the Official Docker images based on the Alpine Linux distribution allowed for more than three years logging into the root account using a blank password.