If you’re a Unix admin, it helps to know how password aging is managed and how you can determine when a password was last changed or force a change in the near future. The key to understanding how ...

If you want an example of evolution in action, look at the GNU/Linux password system. Although it includes the basic UNIX password structure as a vestigial organ, natural selection in the form of ...

Quest Privilege Manager for Unix (QPM) currently only works with Unix derivatives. No Windows allowed. QPM also uses a different approach than the other three products we tested in that it permits the ...

When organizations stitch together sudo and other tools as part of a fragmented approach to manage Unix/Linux privileged access, it almost invariably results in dangerous security gaps and management ...

When you run a command with sudo in Linux, the terminal prompts you to type in your password—and doesn't give you any visual feedback. Here's a quick tweak that'll bring back those familiar asterisks ...