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You should never have to work with the root user account on Linux, especially on a desktop installation. There can be occasions when you need to use root on a server. If you must use root, do so with ...

The GoBruteforcer botnet is exploiting weak passwords on exposed servers to hunt crypto wallets and expand a growing malware ...

Locked out of your Linux system? Here are two safe and easy ways to reset your password without reinstalling.

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If you never set, forgot, or change your MySQL password, you're in luck. This article walks you through these steps, so you'll never be at a loss for that database root user password. TechRepublic Get ...

The file manager might not be a feature on your desktop that you've ever considered changing, but once you've seen a better option, you can't unsee it. I've used nearly every file manager on the ...

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two local privilege escalation (LPE) flaws that could be exploited to gain root privileges on machines running major Linux distributions. "These modern ...

Linux server administrators, it's time to get your patch on. The boffins at Qualys, a security firm well known for its excellent SSL configuration tester, found a pair of security vulnerabilities that ...

Are you facing a frustrating boot issue where your Linux system, using GRUB, repeatedly points to the wrong root partition after running update-grub? This guide provides a comprehensive solution to ...

Two information disclosure flaws have been identified in apport and systemd-coredump, the core dump handlers in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora, according to the Qualys Threat Research ...