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Linux Mint Essentials

Linux Mint Essentials

By : Jay LaCroix
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Linux Mint Essentials

Linux Mint Essentials

4.2 (10)
By: Jay LaCroix

Overview of this book

A task-oriented look at Linux Mint, using actual real-world examples to stimulate learning. Each topic is presented in an easy-to-follow order, with hands-on activities to reinforce the content. If you are starting out with Linux from a different platform or are well versed with Linux Mint and want a guide that shows you how to exploit certain functionality, this book is for you. No previous Linux experience is assumed.
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Administrative access via sudo and visudo


The sudo command has been mentioned several times throughout this book, so you may already understand its basics and what it does. As mentioned earlier, the basic purpose of the sudo command is to run tasks as the root user account. This is much safer than simply logging in to the computer as root, as sudo asks you for the root password, which is your reminder that the task you're about to perform is technically reserved for root. While logged into the system as root itself, there are no password prompts, even if you are about to accidentally do something catastrophic to the system. We may be technical people, but even the smartest person is prone to making a mistake from time to time. This is why sudo is generally preferred over logging in to the root account itself. As mentioned earlier, many distributions, such as Ubuntu (as well as Mint), leave the root account disabled by default. It's generally safer this way.

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