Mar articles

Africa's False Start

Nearly all African countries began self-rule on the wrong foot. By the time they were 'in charge' of their own destiny they had already developed a healthy appetite for the colonist's produce. Tragic. And no one had the wherewithal to realise the long term implications.Over fifty years on and …

Recipe for Adding Users to Linux

Create the userme@home ~$ sudo adduser <username> I like to use a default password that is easy to remember 'Password01' for first log in.Add the user to any additional groups neededme@home ~$ sudo adduser <username> <group> Enforce change password on first loginme@home ~$ sudo chage -d 0 <username> …