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 ...

As a new Ubuntu user, you may wonder how to log in to your Ubuntu system as a root user or what is the default root password. In Ubuntu Linux, the root user account is disabled by default for security ...

Despite appearing rather complex at first glance, the Linux terminal is a nifty tool for most tasks, be it installing new ...

Sudo, the main command in Linux that allows users to run tasks, has been found to have a vulnerability that allows unauthorized users to execute commands as a root user. The vulnerability, known ...

The /etc/shadow file contains user password hashes and is usually readable only by the root user. check whether it is writable or not by the following command ls -la /etc/shadow Generate a new ...

This brief tutorial explains how to reset root user password in CentOS 8 and RHEL 8 server editions from emergency mode or single user mode.

A vulnerability in Sudo, tracked as CVE-2019-14287, could allow Linux users to run commands as root user even when they're restricted.

Deleting the root user is a security precaution and overall just something that is good to do. Here is how you can disable the root account in Linux.

The Privileged Root As mentioned previously, Linux continues to emulate a privileged root user. This is done by perverting the capabilities behavior of exec () and setuid (). Briefly, if your ...

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.