The ‘useradd’ command in linux is a popular tool used to create or add user accounts.Much like the command ‘usermod’, the ‘useradd’ command affects many files when it is invoked to create a new user (more…)
The usermod command modifies or alters any attributes of a previously created user account via command line.In some situations, an administrator would need to change the existing attributes of an already created (more…)
Normal users can acquire administrator privileges which is usually held by the root user, via the sudo command. In this short article, you will find an easy way to create a powerful new user who will have sudo (more…)
In this article, you will learn how to become the almighty root user on Ubuntu. You will therefore be able to carry out various administrative tasks like package installation and removal, system related commands as (more…)
Services which are also known as daemons, are scripts and programs that run in the background. These services, which require no user input, can provide many functionalities like database services (such as (more…)
You may have noticed as a Linux user (here we will focus on Ubuntu, but this applies to major distros), that your system has rather been slow or sluggish over time despite the powerful hardware of your computer. (more…)
htop is a process monitoring utility in Ubuntu which is based on the top tool. It shows the usage per CPU in a nice graphical interface along with the memory and swap usages. You will be able to easily and quickly (more…)
In some circumstances, you may have noticed that your computer is running slow. This might be due to some applications that are consuming a big chunk of memory without you noticing it it could be that some (more…)
Ubuntu automatically assigns an IP address to the network via DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ). It will continue to get such a dynamic IP (keeps changing) address until you decide to change it to (more…)
