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Understanding Shutdown, Poweroff, Halt and Reboot Commands in Linux

In this article, we will explain to you the difference between shutdown, poweroff, halt and reboot Linux commands. We will

The /tmp directory contains mostly files that are required temporarily, it is used by different programs to create lock files

Have you ever tried to do the partitioning of hard disk larger than 2TB using fdisk utility and wondered why

Have you ever wondered where the various files contained inside a package are installed (located) in the Linux file system?

As system administrators, we would have got requirements wherein we need to configure raw hard disks to the existing servers

One of the several duties of a system administrator is to install and manage software on a computer system-Linux in

In a previous article, we showed you how to create a shared directory in Linux. Here, we will describe how

A file system is the way in which files are named, stored, retrieved as well as updated on a storage

sFTP (secure File Transfer Program) is a secure and interactive file transfer program, which works in a similar way as

YUM is an interactive, rpm based, high level package manager for RHEL/CentOS systems, it enables users to install new packages,

I am always fascinated by the things going on behind the scenes when I boot a Linux system and log

A port is a logical entity which acts as a endpoint of communication associated with an application or process on