What a Linux root user can do - and 8 ways you should absolutely never use it ...

Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux. Using the root account could lead to disaster. Sudo is the preferred method of gaining elevated privileges. When I first started using Linux ...

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 ...

There was a time when real system administrators just logged into Unix systems as root. But as we all know — with great power comes great responsibility. It’s too easy to do terrible things when you ...

Linux might sound scary for first-time Linux users, but actually, it isn’t. Linux is a bunch of open-source Unix operating systems based on Linux Kernel. These operating systems are called Linux ...

IT之家 7 月 2 日消息，科技媒体 borncity 昨日（7 月 1 日）发布博文，报道称 Linux 中的 sudo 命令存在严重漏洞，被攻击者利用，可以提前权限至 root 级别。 IT之家援引博文介绍，该漏洞追踪编号为 CVE-2025-32463，其根源在于系统不当处理 /etc/ nsswitch.conf 文件，可能 ...