Quick tips and tutorials about Linux system administration.
DNS, short for the Domain Name System protocol, is used on Linux systems in order to retrieve IP addresses associated with names. For example, when you are performing a ping…
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Copying directories on Linux is a big part of every system administrator routine. If you have been working with Linux for quite some time, you know how important it is…
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As a system administrator, you are probably monitoring the disk space on your system all the time. When browsing directories on your server, you might have come across directories with…
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Chown is a command on Linux that is used in order to change the owner of a set of files or directories. Chown comes with multiple options and it is…
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Pinging ports is one of the most effective troubleshooting technique in order to see if a service is alive or not. Used by system administrators on a daily basis, the…
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From all the compression methods available, Zip is probably one of the most popular ones. Released in 1989 by Philip Katz, Zip is widely used by system administrators in order…
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If you have been working with Linux systems for quite some time, you already know how important it is to keep your filesystem structured. In some cases, you may need…
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ZIP is by far one of the most popular archive file format among system administrators. Used in order to save space on Linux filesystems, it can be used in order…