Let's say you need to perform an administrative task on your Linux server while adhering to standard security guidelines. What are your options? Three different choices for administrative access exist ...

I learned Linux in the 90s when the command line was mandatory - and it's still the best place to start. I remember when I started using Linux in the late 1990s. Back then, using the command line wasn ...

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 ...

Jack Wallen demystifies these two Linux admin tools because knowing which sudo or su command to run is important. If you can only read one tech story a day, this is it. We use cookies and other data ...

OK, it looks like you need to employ some extra privilege. In general, you can’t write to a system log file with your user account. Let’s try that again with sudo. The response to the first of the ...

One of the things that every Unix systems administrator needs to know to properly manage a Unix system is who else is using the powers of root. Without that knowledge, it is not possible to be ...

Working on the command line is an integral part of being a successful Linux user. You need to have a firm grasp of certain commands to work effectively. There are even certain commands that you must ...