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 ...

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 ...

There's a lot of hubbub out there now about a security hole in the Unix/Linux family's sudo command. Sudo is the command, which enables normal users to run commands as if they were the root user, aka ...