Linux is a multi-user environment where numerous user accounts can be added and used like most operating systems. However, you might be surprised by how easy it is to create a new user on Linux. To ...

On Linux, the umask defines how new files and directories inherit access rights. Linux uses your current umask value to ...

Removing sudo rights from CentOS (top) and Ubuntu (bottom). How to create a new user with admin privileges on Linux Your email has been sent If you’re a Linux system admin, you probably find yourself ...

In Linux systems, including Debian 12, the sudo group grants users the ability to execute administrative commands. This provides them with the privileges to install, update, and delete software, ...

Back in the early days of Linux, things were exponentially more complicated. The distributions were far less mature and required a particular system account to get things done. That account was root - ...

How to Create Users and Groups in Linux from the Command Line Your email has been sent Here's a quick guide to adding users and groups, and then how to add users to groups, all from the command line ...

There is a critical security flaw in the Linux tool "sudo" and makes unprivileged users "root", the system administrator, in no time at all. The reason for the malaise: a bug in the chroot function of ...