Giving users unlimited root access is dangerous. Fortunately, you can opt to implement the sudo tool, which will provide limited root access to trusted users. Read on as Jim McIntyre explains the ins ...

I know there's a 'su' option, but I'm looking for something that's the reverse.. and a simple way to automate the process of running commands beyond this login boundery. Basically I want to be able to ...

If you’re a new Linux admin, you probably at least know about sudo. Sudo stands for “super user do” and allows standard users to take admin-level actions, such as installing software. Even though most ...

I recently rebuilt and upgraded a server to Debian testing, and I've got an issue doing X11 forwarding over SSH (Win7 client using Putty and Xming if that makes any difference) -- specifically, any ...