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 ...

For many cloud apps, administrators are given a super admin account credential, also known as the root account, which allows wide-reaching administrative access to the account. These super admin ...

(note: I've searched the forums, I've been googling, I've tried it all with no luck, I wouldn't post in here otherwise, ok?)<P>Right, I'd like to rename my root account on my slack box.. How does one ...

Enabling the root user on a Mac grants you the highest level of access to the system, allowing you to perform tasks that require deep system modifications. However, this powerful account is disabled ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced FIDO2 passkeys as a new method for multi-factor authentication (MFA) to enhance account security and usability. Additionally, as announced last October, 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 ...

Normally you can scp a file as root on a machine if you allow users to ssh as root. I'd prefer to disable ssh directly as root since its yet another attack vector we can shut off.<BR><BR>sudo and su ...