root@dwarf /var/spool/clientmqueue # rm spam-* /bin/rm: Argument list too long. Ever seen this error in Linux when you have too many files in a directory and you are unable to…

If you administer a Linux machine it is quite likely that you see a lot of messages fly by on your screen as you run commands. Some of these messages…

Anyone who has worked with a remote Linux server using SSH must have faced the problem of having the SSH session drop dead when you head out to get a…

Scheduling jobs is an essential part of administering Linux servers. We took a look at how to schedule jobs on Linux machine using the cron command earlier. Here’s an alternative…

There are 4 servers which all use the same mail server in the cluster. web1 - mail server/web server web2 - mail server/webserver db1 - db server db2 - db…

If you store important information on your Linux server and want to make sure it is for your eyes only you need to password protect these files. Let’s see how…

If you administer a Linux server or are a developer it is quite likely that you might need to watch a file to check for live updates to it. It…