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 ...
The way the Linux file system is laid out makes perfect sense. I've been using Linux for so many years that I can't imagine another file system making more sense. When I consider how the Windows file ...
The working directory in Linux is essential for navigating the file system via the terminal. Use the cd command to change the working directory, with either absolute or relative paths. The pwd command ...
Attackers can exploit two newly discovered local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities to gain root privileges on systems running major Linux distributions. The first flaw (tracked as ...
Red Hat has released a patch for a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability that impacts all Linux kernel versions released since 2014 and could allow unprivileged attackers to gain root-level ...
Evening. I'm messing around with Samba on a machine with Mandrake Linux. I'm going through the examples at samba.org. Right now, I'm at this point under example 2.2 Modified Anonymous Read-Write ...