What do these file system and directory names tell us about the intended content? To best understand why particular conventions were adopted, hark back to the early days of Unix and how the ...

While you’re unlikely to see many Unix systems with fragmentation reaching higher than 5%, it’s good to know what you can do to defragment a file system if and when you run into this situation.

Thinkstock Samba Another option for moving files between Unix and Windows systems it to make a drive or folder available by “sharing” it. Both Unix and Windows have commands for this. To share ...

For UNIX System Services files that are created by SAS, the file mode for new files is "-rw-rw-rw-"; however, this mode is modified by the current file-mode creation mask.

One of the problems that seems to plague nearly all file systems — Unix and others — is the continuous buildup of files. Almost no one takes the time to clean out files that they no longer use ...

If you're new to the UNIX operating system, especially if you're familiar with Windows, you'll find that the file access control mechanisms might not be exactly what you expect.

All files on a Unix system are accessed via a path that starts with / (the root directory), and you can mount different hard drives at different points in the file system according to your needs.

One of the most dangerous situations is when hackers take hold of the superuser (root or administrator) access. Here's how you can identify and recover from rootkits in Unix.