I was hoping that some of you who work in the industry might be willing to share some of your experiences as a UNIX systems administrator. I am still trying to figure out what to do with my life and ...

Last week I briefly departed from reality, thanks to the inexplicable actions of the CRTC, but this week, I’m off the drugs and back on terra firma — sort of. Anyway, to celebrate my return to the ...

Linux Administration: A Beginner’s Guide by Wale Soyinka is a hands-on manual for IT staffers who must dance with Windows and Linux. It is a practical guide for network admins who deploy and maintain ...

UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, Fifth Edition, is today’s guide to installing, configuring, and maintaining any UNIX or Linux system, including systems that supply core Internet and ...

Linux can have a somewhat split personality. If you use it as a desktop OS, it has a lot of GUI tools, although sometimes you still need to access the command line. If you use it as a headless server, ...

With the clocks turned back and the Big Vote about to happen, I’m up for a bit of nostalgia. And nothing pleases me more than doting on some of my favorite Unix commands, aliases and “tricks”.

From the looks of it, ZFS administration is significantly simpler than administration of other complex file systems such as Solaris Disk Suite and Veritas Volume ...