If you're coming from Windows, the Linux file system structure can seem particularly alien. The C:\ drive and drive letters ...

Navigating the Linux filesystem hierarchy can be a daunting task for newcomers and even seasoned administrators. Unlike some other operating systems, Linux follows a unique directory structure that is ...

When I started using Linux, the file system was nothing like the folder structures Id been used to on Windows. Ill admit that ...

The sudo command lets users elevate their privileges to run admin tasks. But it's far from perfect. These tips can help.

Attackers can exploit two newly discovered local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities to gain root privileges on systems running major Linux distributions. The first flaw (tracked as ...

For users who are looking to try something new, or who are tired of their Mac OS or Windows operating systems, now just might be the time to switch to something else. The Mac OS system currently uses ...

Let's start by clearly stating what this post is, and what it isn't. It is a description of how I set up multi-boot for Linux systems, sometimes including Windows, using the GRUB bootloader. It is not ...

Evening. I'm messing around with Samba on a machine with Mandrake Linux. I'm going through the examples at samba.org. Right now, I'm at this point under example 2.2 Modified Anonymous Read-Write ...