How can I grant user access to one directory only, so they can edit a file? [more inside]
posted on Oct 3, 2008 - 3 answers

Linux/Unix Admin Filter: What is your preferred method for monitoring bandwidth use per virtual host in Apache? [more inside]
posted on Sep 16, 2008 - 3 answers

Would anyone care to comment on the most practical way, given access to a command line Fedora box, I can obtain a copy of a folder and its contents? [more inside]
posted on Sep 2, 2008 - 7 answers

Multiple sources credit this Hivelogic post as the definitive guide to getting MySQL up and running on a Mac OS X. But I can't get past the first few steps. [more inside]
posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 12 answers

How do I log in as www? I am running a bunch of scripts on my webserver/svn server, but they are having some problems, so as a troubleshooting measure, I would like to log in as the user so I can test scripts and other random things. [more inside]
posted on Aug 19, 2008 - 7 answers

UNIX experts: what's the best way to take a pdf file, cut out a few (non-sequential) pages, insert a few more pages from another pdf file, and end up with one new pdf file? [more inside]
posted on Aug 11, 2008 - 6 answers

What were your greatest victories and punishing woes as a unix/linux system administrator? [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2008 - 11 answers

How can I get Quicksilver-style completion in the bash shell? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2008 - 11 answers

Is there a way that I can access some very old PDF files that are encrypted with a password I cannot remember any longer? I have a system running Mac OS X (Leopard), and I do need to do the decryption myself. [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2008 - 12 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

UnixFilter: How can I split a file by blank lines? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 10 answers

How to delete a huge directory on Linux without overloading the system? [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 14 answers

Unix folk: I'd like to reformat a long text file in a very specific manner using command line tools. [more inside]
posted on Apr 1, 2008 - 13 answers

Using Windows to query Unix RPC rquota? [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm interested in aspects of benchmarking with the help of UNIX's time, specifically, what user, system and elapsed times correspond to, within the functional context of the system and the tested application. [more inside]
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 4 answers

I have a month to cram for a vendor certification.... any vendor certification. Which one should I go after? [more inside]
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 5 answers

How do I copy a file to multiple folders, and rename it based on those folders? I know the answer is "unix", but I need hand-holding. [more inside]
posted on Feb 21, 2008 - 9 answers

Site security experts: Talk to me about chmod 777 directories. [more inside]
posted on Feb 14, 2008 - 14 answers

Is there any way to move UNIX terminals on from VT100 emulation? [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2008 - 16 answers

I need to change sendmail from sending emails from individual machines as user@host.domain.com to user@domain.com. [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 6 answers

Some colleagues and I will soon be leaving our current employer and starting a new company. How can I best replicate our current relational database/SQL abilities from scratch? [more inside]
posted on Jan 23, 2008 - 11 answers

I have been using tcsh for a number of years now ( at least 12), and it seems that most OSes and most users have moved on to something better. Is there a reason for me to change, and if so, what is the best shell out there? ( main os is OSX 10.5, but use all sorts of linux/unix OSs ). [more inside]
posted on Dec 25, 2007 - 25 answers

OS X-filter: I've been searching but having a hard time finding an answer anywhere. I have a command I put into the terminal each time I boot my Mac that disables some third party firewall I can't find to delete. I'd like a shell script that would launch and just execute the command each time I start up my computer. [more inside]
posted on Dec 13, 2007 - 8 answers

What common unix apps have built-in support for tunneling over ssh, besides rsync? [more inside]
posted on Nov 27, 2007 - 7 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

Can I apply for a full-time position then ask for a part-time job? [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 6 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

In UNIX (specifically FreeBSD, if it matters), is there a way to *randomize* the interval and/or size and/or destination of pings? [more inside]
posted on Oct 11, 2007 - 9 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

I would basically like to rip off, wholesale, some command-line script which will provide me a countdown -- only in days. No years, months, minutes, or seconds. Unfortunately, adapting an existing script is beyond my ken. [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2007 - 5 answers

Unix-poster-filter. Help me locate the original of an artwork... [more inside]
posted on Sep 14, 2007 - 7 answers

After installing OpenSSH on your iPhone, is there a way to disable it except when needed? [more inside]
posted on Aug 28, 2007 - 11 answers

I have Mac OS X, with its Unix underpinnings. I have a number of text files through which I did a search-and-replace. Unfortunately, that altered all of the timestamps on the files. I'm trying to restore things via the "Date Created" info. [more inside]
posted on Aug 6, 2007 - 12 answers

vi cheat sheet, A4/letter sized, very dense, plus the odd cartoon? Rings any bells? [more inside]
posted on Aug 1, 2007 - 9 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

Alternatives to lynx, wget and get from the unix command line? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2007 - 11 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

Why doesn't "netstat -a" work with forwarded ports on SLES 10x64? [more inside]
posted on Apr 24, 2007 - 7 answers

I am trying to transfer a couple of websites from 1and1 beginner accounts to dreamhost. I usually do this by zipping or tarring the source site and then ftp. The rub is that the 1and beginner package does not allow shell access (although the target does). I'm looking at wget but I don't see a way to make it copy hidden files, which could bite me later if there are some config files buried in there somewhere. Probably missing something real obvious here. Any ideas?
posted on Apr 18, 2007 - 16 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

How do I export or convert my Thunderbird inbox into the Unix mailbox format? [more inside]
posted on Apr 11, 2007 - 9 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

What's the best media player that works in both OS's in a dual boot setup (XP and Unix) ? [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2007 - 12 answers