In the vast landscape of operating systems, Linux stands as a bastion of flexibility and security. Central to its robust security model is the meticulous management of user accounts and permissions.

When you first sign into a Linux server to take over the role of managing it, there are a number of things that you will need to know right away about the system’s user accounts – such as where they ...

When I need to work with Linux user accounts, I tend to default to the command line. Sure, there are GUIs for this purpose, but I find the command line to be more efficient and effective at this task.

This Linux guide will walk you through the process of creating a user account, all the way to deleting that account. Constantly Updated — The download contains the latest and most accurate details.

Disk quotas are a mechanism for limiting the amount of disk space and the number of files (inodes) that a user or a group of users can consume. These limits prevent individual users or services from ...

A couple of weeks ago, I took BEA to task for insinuating that the open source community wasn’t capable of delivering good management tools for its software. A few readers leapt to the defense: BEA is ...