Microsoft is bringing the Linux 'sudo' feature to Windows Server 2025, offering a new way for admins to elevate privileges for console applications. Superuser do, or sudo, is a Linux console program ...

Microsoft opened its arms to Linux during the Windows 10 era, inventing an entire virtualized subsystem to allow users and developers to access a real-deal Linux command line without leaving the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft continues to embrace Linux and make Windows a home for developers. Microsoft continues to embrace Linux ...

You should never have to work with the root user account on Linux, especially on a desktop installation. There can be occasions when you need to use root on a server. If you must use root, do so with ...

Microsoft appears to be bringing a well-known feature from macOS and Linux: the almighty sudo command. Sudo, which stands for "substitute user, do," allows for executing commands with elevated ...

Of all the new features that are coming to Windows 11, the one feature that I am most intrigued and excited about is the addition of the Sudo command. When I first heard that Microsoft was adding the ...

Gsudo, the open-source alternative by Gerardo Grignoli, has been providing sudo features on Windows long before Microsoft ...

Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux. Using the root account could lead to disaster. Sudo is the preferred method of gaining elevated privileges. When I first started using Linux ...

That's not the case anymore; you can use sudo on Windows 11 now. All you need to do is enable a few toggles, and you can enjoy one of the smallest but perhaps most significant workflow improvements to ...