Quick: If someone says "cool new technology," what do you think of? Odds are pretty good that NetWare and NDS won't come to mind first. Chances are, you're thinking of Java, Lindows, or some new ...

How to install the Webmin web-based Linux admin GUI Your email has been sent If you're looking for a solid web-based Linux admin GUI, look no further than the tried ...

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 ...

If you’re considering adding Linux to your data center, or your company is looking at promoting you to become their first (or next) Linux admin, you probably understand there are lots of commands to ...

Whether your Linux box has hundreds of users or just one account for you and one for your dog it is important to understand how Linux user accounts work. There are GUI tools for this within GNOME and ...

Back in the early days of Linux, things were exponentially more complicated. The distributions were far less mature and required a particular system account to get things done. That account was root - ...

Last week in InfoWorld’s New Tech Forum, Dinesh Dutt outlined the thinking behind Cumulus Networks’ Linux-based networking solution. The whole piece is a great read, but to distill his point, he makes ...

The problem: you have a large team of admins, with a substantial turnover rate. Maybe contractors come and go. Maybe you have tiers of access, due to restrictions based on geography, admin level or ...

Google today announced a slew of Chrome Enterprise updates, including a faster Google Admin console and managed Linux environments. The company also unveiled the first Chromebook Enterprise laptops: ...

On the School Forge Web site, you can read the statement that led others to consider building a similarly styled "forge" for government. The statement reads: There are several kinds of software needed ...