Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The usermod command is short for user modification, and, as the name implies, allows you to modify various aspects of a user account. For a Linux ...

When I need to work with Linux user accounts, I tend to default to the command line. Sure, there are GUIs for this purpose, but I find the command line to be more efficient and effective at this task.

Working on the command line is an integral part of being a successful Linux user. You need to have a firm grasp of certain commands to work effectively. There are even certain commands that you must ...

Sudo lets you run any terminal command as another user — hence "substitute user" — but the default and most common use for it ...

Do you think of the command line as an antiquated leftover from the past, or an old fashioned way of interacting with a computer? Think again. In Linux, the command line remains the most flexible and ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

The Linux command line is a text interface to your computer. Also known as shell, terminal, console, command prompts and many others, is a computer program intended to interpret commands. Allows users ...

The last command allows you to look further back into time to see both current and older logins, beginning with the most recent and moving back into previous logins. The command below reports on ...