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 ...

To change a password in Linux through a Bash script, he two scripts that are most important are 'Create Users' and 'Change Passwords Shell' scripts, for the system admin which regularly uses the mail ...

Password aging is a mechanism that allows the system to enforce a certain lifetime for passwords. While this may be moderately inconvenient for users, it ensures that passwords are changed ...

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 ...

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 ...