Being the kind of guy that I am, I ached over what to present while trying to keep it short. After all, there's so much to choose from. Setting up a scanner? A CD writer? Blocking unwanted access to ...

Next year, Addison Wesley Longman will be publishing my new book, Linux System Administration: A User's Guide (Copyright 2001, ISBN 0-201-71934-7). Since the focus of ...

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, ...

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 ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The usermod command is short for user modification, and, as the name implies, allows you to modify various aspects of a user account. For a Linux ...

Removing sudo rights from CentOS (top) and Ubuntu (bottom). How to create a new user with admin privileges on Linux Your email has been sent If you’re a Linux system admin, you probably find yourself ...

Linux Bible, 10th Edition is the ultimate hands-on Linux user guide, whether you're a true beginner or a more advanced user navigating recent changes. this updated tenth edition covers the latest ...

Want a good job in tech? Then learning Linux is well worth your time. In 2013, the tech job site Dice reported that senior Linux administrators were making $90,853. Last year, Dice stated that Linux ...

The last command allows you to look further back into time to see both current and older logins, beginning with the most recent and moving back into previous logins. The command below reports on ...