What were your greatest victories and punishing woes as a unix/linux system administrator? [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2008 - 11 answers
We're a small research lab, that uses a series of servers. A smart person would have these machines backed up regularly. But we're not that smart ... [more inside]
posted on Apr 30, 2008 - 22 answers
I need to change sendmail from sending emails from individual machines as user@host.domain.com to user@domain.com.
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posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 6 answers
How do I get the correct return code from a unix command line application after I've piped it through another command that succeeded? [more inside]
posted on Nov 24, 2007 - 22 answers 
I'm using the 'make' utility on a Linux system. Is there a way in a Makefile to set all the intermediate files as PRECIOUS without having to list them individually?
posted on Nov 2, 2007 - 1 answers
How do I get bash to automagically execute a line or two of code at login? [more inside]
posted on Oct 22, 2007 - 25 answers
Best *nix distro for SSH, RDC, router and print server. Or i could use windows if that would satisfy the conditions. [more inside]
posted on Oct 11, 2007 - 17 answers
I have a server running Centos 5. It's currently refusing outside connections to any port except port 22. ip-tables and SELinux are both disabled. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? [more inside]
posted on Oct 1, 2007 - 20 answers
Configured Readline with the prefix 'ur/local' on OSX. Then installed Ruby in /usr/local, but with Readline. Would like to put everything in the proper place without damaging anything, so what do I do now? [more inside]
posted on Jul 23, 2007 - 5 answers
*nixfilter: Help me get to the "root" of understanding the vastness that is a unix/linux environment. [more inside]
posted on Jul 10, 2007 - 23 answers
I saw a really cool unix utility the other day blogged about somewhere, that in addition to some little boring http-ey tasks I can't remember, it also served as a tiny little HTTP-server-in-a-pinch like so:
./magicutil file.tar
and boom, http://localhost/file.tar is alive. What was it!?
Note: please don't try to find something that can /probably/ do this or show me a cool python script that will - this did some other cool stuff too I can't remember!
posted on Jun 23, 2007 - 9 answers
Help me troubleshoot performance issues with digital media sharing between two computers. [more inside]
posted on Jun 6, 2007 - 5 answers
For UNIX-like systems (Linux, BSD, Solaris) is there a way to determine power supply type remotely, preferably with a simple command-line tool? [more inside]
posted on May 30, 2007 - 5 answers
Seeking a better understanding of Linux terminals, mostly being used remotely via SSH. History files, paths, ncurses, etc. [more inside]
posted on May 30, 2007 - 11 answers
In a Unix-type system, is there a way to quickly remove a directory that contains lots and lots of files? [more inside]
posted on Apr 16, 2007 - 18 answers
I'd like a file server. And a print server. And a low-traffic Asterisk server. All running from one box, please. [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2007 - 6 answers
Years of Linux experience, but looking for training on Solaris and AIX without having to relearn the basics [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2007 - 5 answers
i am a complete Linux Noob and i've decided to go a few rounds with a simple LAMP server. Where can i find helpful resources and suggestions? [more inside]
posted on Dec 22, 2006 - 10 answers
Help me keep my Windows server from DoS'ing my nameserver! [more inside]
posted on Jul 27, 2006 - 6 answers
Need a tinker-free Linux/MySql install for Ruby On Rails. Also, seeking advice for getting started in RoR. [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2006 - 19 answers
*nix shell "best practices" anyone? [more inside]
posted on May 31, 2006 - 9 answers
Calling *NIX shell wizards. [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2005 - 33 answers
Linuxfilter: I have a third-party app which writes occasional messages to its logfile. The problem is I dont know when these messages are logged. There is no timestamp - just the message. Is there any way I could force a timestamp? Maybe some trickery with 'tail-f' and 'date' and pipes into some new pseudo-logfile? Thanks.
posted on Aug 30, 2005 - 12 answers
