These powerful computers ruled technical tasks in the '80s and '90s. Can you still find one today?

Recent IT industry events have created a field day for those who think the news tend to come in “threes”: During a 5-plus hours long event highlighting the conclusion of its Sun Microsystems deal, ...

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 ...

If you're new to the UNIX operating system, especially if you're familiar with Windows, you'll find that the file access control mechanisms might not be exactly what you expect. File permissions and ...

When attackers take advantage of an exploit, one of their first goals is to gain superuser (root or administrator) access to the compromised system. If the compromised process is already running with ...

I recently found myself needing to move several very large file systems into roomier data quarters on a disk array and began thinking about the most efficient and reliable way to get the job done. The ...