There are many ways to move files between Unix and Windows. In my mind, they fall into three categories — secure copy (let’s not even think about ftp), shared drives, and file synchronization. Each ...

Learn the ABCs of BSD.

After decades on Linux, FreeBSD finally gave me a reason to switch operating systems ...

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 ...

Columnist Dave Taylor reminisces about the early days of UNIX and how Linux evolved and grew from that seed. Twenty five years of Linux Journal. This also marks my 161st column with the magazine too, ...

The Unix operating system is one of computing's most significant technologies, providing the framework that the familiar Linux and Mac OS X operating systems were developed on. Unix can be a viable ...

PHOENIX, November 29, 2016 – BeyondTrust, the leading cyber security company dedicated to preventing privilege misuse and stopping unauthorized access, today announced PowerBroker for Unix & Linux 9.4 ...

The rise of Linux in the global server landscape hasn’t gone unnoticed. Today, the open-source operating system (OS) resides on critical servers and powers applications for a vast array of companies, ...

In this Linux tip, we’re going to take a look at epoch time – the way Unix and Linux systems store dates and times. Unix and Linux systems don’t store dates and times in a way that includes months, ...

If you’re a Unix admin, it helps to know how password aging is managed and how you can determine when a password was last changed or force a change in the near future. The key to understanding how ...

Wired's newly-revamped Webmonkey site has an informative guide on seeing, changing, and understanding file permissions in Unix-like systems. These are the kind of operations and syntax that can often ...