If you're not yet comfortable with writing scripts on Unix and Linux systems, this post might get you off to a healthy start.

I'm posting this here because OS X is my main unix system, though I also use some linux stuff (synology and a ubuntu virtual machine in my mac). I've dabbled with unix off and on for more than 20 ...

It pays to know these Unix basics considering there is often a Unix/Unix-like OS somewhere in the abstraction hierarchy. If that layer is unsound, the whole edifice risks collapse.

For the beginners in Unix, learning basic Unix commands is a good start. This tip explains basic Unix commands and will move on to the Unix operating system basics and advanced Unix commands.

For all UNIX systems (Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD—which is what FreeNAS uses), permissions work in generally the same way. Each file and folder has an owner and a group assigned to it, which ...

Questions sysadmins should ask and precautions they should take when troubleshooting ...

Computing is offering a free place on two interrelated courses: Unix Systems Basics I and HP-UX System Administration Basics. The courses, worth a total of #1,450, will take place at the Hewlett ...

Sandra Henry-Stocker has been administering Unix systems for more than 30 years. She describes herself as "USL" (Unix as a second language) but remembers enough English to write books and buy ...