Sudo is one of the most powerful and dangerous tools in the Unix or Linux system administrator's toolbox. With it, an ordinary user can run commands just as if he or she were the superuser or any ...

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 ...

Microsoft continues to embrace Linux and make Windows a home for developers. Microsoft continues to embrace Linux and make Windows a home for developers. is a senior correspondent and author of ...

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 ...

A vulnerability in the Linux sudo command has been discovered that could allow unprivileged users to execute commands as root. Thankfully, this vulnerability only works in non-standard configurations ...

Linux users should immediately patch a serious vulnerability to the sudo command that, if exploited, can allow unprivileged users gain root privileges on the host machine. Called Baron Samedit, the ...

Developers have patched a vulnerability in Sudo, a core command utility for Linux, that could allow a user to execute commands as a root user even if that root access was specifically disallowed. The ...

Several Linux distros have issued updates to fix a vulnerability in Sudo, a Linux app behind the "sudo" command, which can allow an unprivileged attacker to gain root privileges. The issue, tracked as ...