UNIX Sysadmin Boot Camp: An Intro to SSH
You've got a 'nix box set up. For some reason, you feel completely lost and powerless. It happens. Many a UNIX-related sob has been cried by confused and frustrated sysadmins, and it needs to stop. As...
View ArticleUNIX Sysadmin Boot Camp: bash
Welcome back to UNIX Sysadmin Boot Camp. You've had a few days to get some reps in accessing your server via SSH, so it's about time we add some weight to your exercise by teaching you some of the...
View ArticleUNIX Sysadmin Boot Camp: Your Logs and You
We're a few exercises into UNIX Sysadmin Boot Camp, and if you're keeping up, you've learned about SSH and bash. In those sessions, our focus was to tell the server what we wanted it to do. In this...
View ArticleUNIX Sysadmin Boot Camp: Passwords
It's been a while since our last UNIX Sysadmin Boot Camp ... Are you still with me? Have you kept up with your sysadmin exercises? Are you starting to get comfortable with SSH, bash and your logs?...
View ArticleUNIX Sysadmin Boot Camp: User Management
Now that you're an expert when it comes to bash, logs, SSH, and passwords, you're probably foaming at the mouth to learn some new skills.
View ArticleUNIX Sysadmin Boot Camp: Permissions
I hope you brought your sweat band ... Today's Boot Camp workout is going to be pretty intense. We're focusing on our permissions muscles. Permissions in a UNIX environment cause a lot of customer...
View ArticleUNIX Sysadmin Boot Camp: bash - Keyboard Shortcuts
On the support team, we're jumping in and out of shells constantly. At any time during my work day, I'll see at least four instances of PuTTY in my task bar, so one thing I learned quickly was that...
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