The "path" environment variable in Linux specifies the directories the terminal looks in when you type the path to a command. For example, when you type "command," Linux looks through each directory ...

Linux 101: How to add directories to your Linux $PATH Your email has been sent At some point, you're going to want to run commands from non-standard directories. When ...

In the Linux Journal article “Implementing Encrypted Home Directories” (August 2003), I described how to encrypt home directories transparently. This article describes how to implement another ...

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 ...