Passwords are one of the most important aspects of computing. They keep our bank accounts, user profiles and computers safe (as long as we don’t reuse passwords). Just to log into our computers, most ...

Linux is a multi-user operating system. What does that mean? Like all good operating systems, you can have multiple user accounts on one machine. You can also have more than one user logged in at once ...

Requiring password changes is a common security practice, and Linux systems admins can use the chage command to view and change password expiration information ...

I cannot tell you how many times I've had to manage user passwords in Linux without the help of a GUI app. Whether it's on a server or because I'm using SSH to access a remote machine, knowing the ...