This chapter excerpt on Linux Administration (download PDF) is taken from the book The Accidental Administrator: Linux Server Step-by-Step Configuration Guide. Among the topics covered in this book ...

You have thousands of commands at your disposal as a Unix administrator. However, even the most advanced administrators only use a finite number of tools and utilities on an ongoing basis. The ...

While the average Unix user is generally satisfied by the date/time stamps that he sees when using the ls -l command, it is sometimes useful to remember that there are actually several time stamps ...

Linux provides a useful array of commands for managing file permissions, getting information on commands, displaying running processes and displaying details on the system itself. The uname command ...