This chapter excerpt on Linux Administration (download PDF) is taken from the book The Accidental Administrator: Linux Server Step-by-Step Configuration Guide. Among the topics covered in this book ...
Managing authentication and authorization in a large-scale network is a challenge: the passwords need to be set and rotated every now and then, access to certain configuration settings needs to be ...
Jack Wallen shows you how to configure Rocky Linux 9 as a DHCP server for your local area network. Rocky Linux has become one of the de facto standard replacements for CentOS. Not only is it a drop-in ...
When I write my column, I try to stick to specific hacks or tips you can use to make life with Linux a little easier. Usually, I describe with pretty specific detail how to accomplish a particular ...
Follow these steps to get the basics of how to configure a Linux gateway. A gateway computer provides a local network with access to another network or the Internet. Linux is easily configured for use ...
A few decades ago, if you asked me what a server was, I'd reply, "several rigs and a fan‑blasting tower." This isn't always the case, especially now, when a small PC is big enough to run a home server ...
Let's set OpenVMS up as an Internet e-mail server (see Figures 6-1 through 6-36). We'll assume that TCP/IP is already set, as descussed in Chapter 3. Figure 6-1 ...
Microsoft has released an early test version of PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) for Linux. DSC for Linux opens the way for PowerShell users to transfer their scripting skills used on ...