Working on the command line is an integral part of being a successful Linux user. You need to have a firm grasp of certain commands to work effectively. There are even certain commands that you must ...

Many Linux commands can do more than you might think. The usermod command is one such command, and it can be very handy.

There are many aspects to security on Linux systems – from setting up accounts to ensuring that legitimate users have no more privilege than they need to do their jobs. This is look at some of the ...

Sudo is one of the most powerful and dangerous tools in the Unix or Linux system administrator's toolbox. With it, an ordinary user can run commands just as if he or she were the superuser or any ...

If you’re a new Linux admin, you probably at least know about sudo. Sudo stands for “super user do” and allows standard users to take admin-level actions, such as installing software. Even though most ...

How to install and use the Cockpit desktop client for easier remote Linux administration Your email has been sent Cockpit is a very powerful tool that allows you to ...

hawkbox [/url]":3l5enbsw]I'll take a few pokes at those, I guess for me the issue is they don't really do much to teach me the command set or file structure of a linux install. I'm extremely ...

The which command will show you the file-system location for a command’s executable. This is the file that is read and run whenever you type the command name. In ...

I have been a Linux advocate for about ten years now. The first version of Linux I installed was Red Hat 3.0.3. I had used a UNIX-based system in graduate school, and I was somewhat familiar with how ...

It’s a testament to how far Linux has come that users today don’t typically have to use the command line if they don’t want to. Such is the quality of the graphical user interfaces in many modern ...