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 ...

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ZDNET key takeaways Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux.Using the root account could lead 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 ...

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A now-fixed Sudo vulnerability allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without requiring authentication. Sudo is a Unix program ...