Most Linux problems aren't complex. They're poorly observed. These are the exact commands that I run before troubleshooting ...

It takes some time working with Linux commands before you know which one you need for the task at hand, how to format it and what result to expect, but it’s possible to speed up the process. With that ...

Everyone knows that Linux makes a great Web server. Some network administrators even use it in conjunction with Samba to create file servers that Windows workstations can access as easily as Windows ...

Well, that moment happened a few weeks ago to me. My boss came up to me and asked me for a beginner's guide to Linux for a new tech that had just started. After nearly 14 years in IT and Linux ...

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 the example below, there are two or ...

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 ...

Sudo encourages better security practices and it is more convenient—everyone should be using it.

Linux old-timers revel in reminding newcomers that they used to have to do everything by hand, at the command line, uphill, both ways, with duct tape for shoes. What really gets some of these folks ...

Version 6.2 of Raspberry Pi’s Linux distribution, released on Tuesday, disables passwordless administrator-level commands, which were previously enabled by default for the sake of ease of use, despite ...