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 ...

Installing and updating the OS, managing user accounts, and looking after security are just a few of the primary responsibilities of a Linux systems administrator. While I don’t imagine that I’ll ever ...

This is the second in a series of articles on systems administrator fundamentals. These days, DevOps has made even the job title "systems administrator" seem a bit archaic, much like the "systems ...

I'm not exactly new to linux, but I've had a very long run where I haven't had much contact with it. My first was setting up smb to run a fileserver. I also learned either ipchains or iptables (can't ...

SearchEnterpriseLinux – Proprietary vendors call free OSS support “worthless”; but one sysadmin claims that mailing lists and Web-based documentation have solved almost all of his open source problems ...

So, mon ami, I've granted your wish, and you've had lots of time to show me the packages you've chosen for today's menu. Let's see what you've come up with. But François, there are literally hundreds ...

A sysadmin has developed 48 characters of code that he claims can crash most popular Linux distributions. Andrew Ayer, a Linux administrator and founder of SSLMate, explains his code works by crashing ...

Business Insider is looking for an experienced Linux systems administrator to join the fast-paced and exciting world of being an engineer at a journalism startup. We're looking for a systems pro who ...