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As more apps are developed in Linux than ever before, Microsoft recognized that it needed to provide developers with an easy way to build, test, and run Linux apps without leaving the Windows desktop. The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) was originally designed to provide an integrated Linux terminal environment in Windows without needing to…

In this Ask the Admin, I’ll look at what you can do with Bash and the Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10 and Windows Server 1709.

WSL allows you to run applications natively as Linux processes on Windows. Learn how to install and use WSL on Windows Server here. Which versions of Windows Server support WSL? According to Microsoft documentation, the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is available for installation on Windows Server 2019 (1709) and above. This includes the few Windows Server…

Looking to install the subsystem for Linux in Windows 10? Here’s how to do it.

With the introduction of PowerShell Core and now PowerShell 7, the cross-platform capabilities of PowerShell have also brought new challenges. System administrators used to working on Windows systems that now operate cross-platform need to be able to handle permissions in similar ways.

When you need to manage file permissions on Linux or macOS, the chmod command is the way to go. However, the chmod recursive option lets you apply the chmod command to all files inside a directory and its subdirectories. In this article, we’ll explain how to use chmod recursive to easily change file permissions on…

Here’s how to list all groups on a Linux machine, how to list all users, and how to see the groups they belong to.

Amazon has recently announced the general availability of Amazon Linux 2023. The latest cloud-optimized Linux distribution is designed to improve security and delivers a predictable lifecycle as well as deterministic updates. Amazon Linux 2023 introduces new pre-configured security policies to help customers adhere to industry standards. IT administrators can configure these policies at launch or…

Last week, PyTorch identified a supply chain attack that potentially caused developers to download a compromised PyTorch dependency. The PyTorch team published an advisory to warn developers that the package includes malicious code to steal system data. PyTorch is an open-source framework that allows Python developers to build machine-learning applications. It was mainly developed by…

The security research firm Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) has disclosed a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel server. The new security exploit, which has a CVSS score of 10, could allow attackers to remotely execute code on vulnerable SMB servers. The Thalium Team vulnerability research team originally discovered the Linux kernel security flaw back in…