Knowing which sudo or su command to run is important. Jack Wallen demystifies these two Linux admin tools. If you’re a new Linux admin, you probably at least know about sudo. Sudo stands for “super ...

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 ...

Sudo is a powerful but imperfect Linux tool. These tips can help make using sudo easier and safer. Always use caution when monkeying with sudo. I started using Linux prior to the advent of sudo. Back ...

The sudoers file can provide detailed control over user privileges, but with very little effort, you can still get a lot of benefit from sudo. In this post, we’re going to look at some simple ways to ...