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Using Active Directory groups to control access to Linux services

Recently I published an article on how to Integrate Unix into Active Directory while maintaining UNIX style security using Samba and OpenLDAP outlining the configuration setting up OpenLDAP to do ID mapping between Unix and Active Directory as well...

Integrating Unix into Active Directory while maintaining UNIX style security

As technology grows IT Administrators are faced with challenges of managing a heterogeneous environment mixed with different operating platforms; Windows, Linux, Apple, etc... especially in business where majority of the infrastructure is Windows...

Alternative Browsers List

List Of Alternative Web Browsers For Linux, Mac, Mobile Devices and Windows. While the list is not comprehensive. It gives it a good go!

Vi Unix Editor – How to use Vi Editor and Common Problems – CLI Putty Errors and Terminal Type

The Vi Unix Editor is the standard UNIX command line editor and if you’re planning on doing some configuring of a Unix Server you will definitely need to use the VI editor especially when you’re running a Command Line only operating system. ...

Types of Computer Operating Systems

Where do I start? My first computer was given by my uncle. I don’t think it had an operating system because it didn’t even have a hard disk. It had two huge and distinctive 5.25” floppy disk drives. There were several 5.25” diskettes that...

FTP TO MAINFRAME

FTP help FTP to the mainframe can be accomplish by issuing the ftp command at the DOS prompt followed by the IP address provided the firewall is open.          ftp 255.255.255.255 You will be prompted for a userid and password. After...

Ubuntu Description And Review

I'm not a super tech savvy sort of guy but I know that there are tons of people that know less about computers than I do. I'd like to discuss a review, my opinion, of Ubuntu. It's a Linux Operating System. But before I go ahead and do the review I...

5 reasons why Debian Linux is better than Ubuntu Linux.

For the novices in the matters computers Canonical’s  Ubuntu distribution is Debian sid which is the unstable version and a few additions such as the graphic user interface applications modifications.Debian is among the most successful community...

Certifications, licensing, degree required -why?

One reason for degree requirements is the genuine desire to have safety and competence. You wouldn't want to drive over a bridge designed by someone who simply said they were pretty sure they know how much weight it could hold. That's why engineers need degrees. That wasn't always so. My father had a license as a professional engineer in Massachusetts, but he never attended an engineering school.