Setting up a file server doesn't need to be complicated. With three desktop machines (Kubuntu, Win XP and a testbed, which is currently running ReactOS) and a laptop (Xubuntu) in use at home, our IT ...

Finally, you can use the nc command to fix some common networking issues. When something’s wrong on a network, it can help confirm whether it’s a connectivity issue, a service issue, or a firewall ...

Any Linux systems administrator needs to be proficient with a wide range of commands for user management, file handling, system monitoring, networking, security and more. This article covers a ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to sync files across a network on Linux with a simple command line tool.

A full 67 percent of respondents using Linux on a file server, in fact, said they use Debian distributions, while only 54 percent use Red Hat-based ones. The survey included 100 small and medium ...

If a fear of the command line has prevented you from making use of the more secure sftp, Jack Wallen wants to show you how you can easily connect to that remote server, with a simple file manager.