While gzip is the standard Unix tool when it comes to compression, there are other tools available and some of them are performing better than gzip in terms of compression ratio.
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How To Enable Root (Super) User in Ubuntu
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If you are new to Ubuntu and have been using other distros like Fedora or openSUSE before, then you may find it frustrating that when you issue the "su" command it will result to authentication failure.By default, access to root account password is disabled in Ubuntu for added security measures.
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Running Complex Commands with sudo
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If you use sudo to run commands as root, you've probably run into “permission denied” problems when only part of a pipeline or part of a command is running with root permissions.
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Use a Different Color for the Root Shell Prompt
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Reader Chris writes in with an excellent tip that changes the prompt to red when using the root account from the terminal—as a reminder to be more careful.
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Hilarious Root Cause Analyses
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Hopefully I'm not the only person in the IT world who finds this RCA spot-on ;)
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sudo !!
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How many times did you type a command and forgot to type sudo first ? What do you want to say when that happens ? No, not that…you might want to say : sudo !!
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UnConfusing The Issue Of Disabling Root On Linux or Unix
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A look at various ways to secure the root account against system users and some in-use methods that seem to cause more harm than good.
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The Root of it All: The meanings of the folders in the / directory
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Most linux users know about the root directory, but many of the folders contained in / are a mystery as to their purpose. I wanted to write about this in one of my switching to linux articles, but it would have made the article far to long, so I’ve made a separate post about it. I hope this article will better prepare you better for managing your linux system, no matter what you use it for. With no more ado, here we go!
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Keeping separate history files for users who su to root
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If you're like me and work for a company who has many linux admins all logging into servers and then su'ing to root, you may find this tip beneficial. It is simply 3 lines that you add to root's .bash_profile which will keep separate history files for each admin that su's to root and the commands they ran. It will allow you to go back and see what the user did as root.
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