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more »Deleting Data Safely deleting data
Feb 28, 2006Backups are a common topic, but you’ll hardly hear anyone mention safe data deletion.
more »Admin Workshop: Logrotate Insider Tips: Logrotate
Dec 31, 2005Every multi-purpose Linux system produces an enormous amount of log data. To prevent your hard disk from overflowing, a rotating helper application archives logs and gets rid of obsolete data.
more »Admin Workshop: Unix filesystem tree Insider Tips: The Unix filesystem tree
Nov 30, 2005Unix systems organize files in a hierarchical filesystem tree. A system of naming conventions defined in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) helps admins find their way around.
more »Captive NTFS Accessing partitions on dual-boot systems
Jul 31, 2005Why reboot every time you need to access data on the other side of your dual boot system? We’ll introduce you to Captive NTFS – a free tool for reaching Windows NTFS partitions from Linux. We’ll also show you some handy tools for reading Linux partitions from Windows.
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