The root access in Ubuntu gives you full access to edit configuration files and other administrative tasks. Here's how to log in as root.

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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 new Linux vulnerability known as 'Dirty Pipe' allows local users to gain root privileges through publicly available exploits.