There is a serious security vulnerability in the firmware of many ASUS routers that allows unauthenticated command execution. The bug may be present in all current versions of the router firmware, and ...

As we all know already, one of the advantages of using 'sudo' is we don't have to give root user password to all users to do administrative actions. The users who are added in the sudo group can ...

CERN-ROOT-mode is an Emacs major-mode for interacting with ROOT (https://root.cern/). Specifically, this package provides the facilities to run the ROOT command line interface/REPL. cern-root-filepath ...

ASUS patched a bug that allowed attackers to pair two vulnerabilities to gain direct router access and execute commands as root. ASUS released patches for over a dozen router models on Tuesday that ...

How to change a root password in a Docker image Your email has been sent You’ve probably already read that some Docker images were released with null passwords ...

Short Bytes: The mere thought of permanently damaging your laptop is daunting. But, what if you are trying to erase your current Linux installation and you end up hard bricking your device? One such ...

Today’s hint is for those of you who, like me, use Terminal often and occasionally have a need to do things there as the root user. If you don’t know what Terminal is, don’t know what the root user is ...

run-non-root is a shell script that runs Linux commands as a non-root user. Usage: run-non-root [options] [--] [COMMAND] [ARGS...] Run Linux commands as a non-root user, creating a non-root user if ...

Of all the Linux commands, rm is notorious. It's easy to completely wipe out your system with one mislaid rm command as root. I knew not to, but I ran that command on purpose anyway. Here's why.