System & Network Admin

Introduction: While the back end of an office might be pure Linux, the machines that see daily use by employees probably aren't. Without a file server, it's difficult to make Linux and Windows computers share files nicely. he solution is to install Samba on a server, and store the files that should be shared on

In this guide, we shall take a look at how to extract tar, tar.gz, tgz, and tar.bz2 files to a specific or different directory in Linux systems.

A launchd primer covering configuration, administration and troubleshooting. Complete with examples.

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In Terminal on your Mac, use launchd to run a shell script as a daemon.

When we run certain commands in Unix/Linux to read or edit text from a string or file, we most times try to filter output to a given section of interest.

In this article, we will explore how to leverage Awk to print fields and columns, providing practical examples and explanations to demonstrate its effectiveness

Using Elixir instead of Python or Ruby for shell scripting.

Unlock Linux kernel insights with eBPF tracing. Collect performance data, troubleshoot, and gain granular visibility.

Errors are easy to make when programming multiple concurrent processes or threads. Using atomic operations and well-formed locks can help to avoid such errors.

Manage and share development environments with all the frameworks and libraries you need, then publish artifacts anywhere. Harness the power of Nix.

While most enterprises lack the expertise to directly utilize eBPF and should opt for tools configured with eBPF and extended layers of functionality, help is on the way this year.

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.

This article explores FFmpeg's capabilities for converting video, audio, and image files with practical examples in Linux.

To help reduce the load on my Postfix mail servers, I rely on Postscreen (which is built in to Postfix) to help weed out bot spam and misconfigured

stress and stress-ng are essential tools for assessing and testing the performance of Linux systems under various conditions.

In this guide, we are going to look at how to use a script and scriptreplay commands in Linux that can help you to record and replay terminal sessions.

Hard-coding is never the answer. Instead, use sshpass when you need to put a password in your Bash script.

gists - A place for me to post and share small, self-contained code snippets.

Lightweight rivals, both based on Crunchbang, OpenBox, and Debian

Configuring security in Postgres is often a highly manual task, but automation helps simplify and standardize managing access permissions.