Last week’s column looked at sulog — the file that collects information on switch user activity on many Unix systems — and presented a simple Perl script for summarizing su activity. In this week’s ...

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 ...