I need to run a command as root that copies a bunch of files around, stops a process, restarts the process, deletes some things, and copies some other things around.<BR><BR>I'd like my boss to just ...

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 ...

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 ...

I'm trying to get my vmail user to run several commands with root privs without entering a password. I thought this should be easy enough, but am still being asked for a password when running a ...

Today’s hint is for those of you who, like me, use Terminal often and occasionally have a need to do things there as the root user. If you don’t know what Terminal is, don’t know what the root user is ...

Cisco has fixed critical SD-WAN vManage and HyperFlex HX software security flaws that could enable remote attackers to execute commands as root or create rogue admin accounts. The company also issued ...

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 ...