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How to List Users in Linux

December 18, 2019 Leave a comment

In this tutorial, we’ll be going over how to list the users that have been created on your Linux system. This applies for all distributions, and is very easy to do.

The users on your system can be either normal “human” users or system users. The normal users are usually other people that can log in and interact with your server, while the system users are used to start non-interactive background services. You might even create users for certain software platforms to have a user that grants them access to certain files and directories. Let’s begin.

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How to Install Nextcloud 12 on Ubuntu 16.04

August 2, 2017January 25, 2018 4 Comments

Today we will show you how to install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 16.04, using Apache web-server and MySQL database.

Nextcloud is open source self-hosted file sync and share application forked from ownCloud. It has a lot of extra Calendar, Sync and Contacts features, apart from their file hosting features and it is a great free alternative to some popular services such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, etc.

It is fairly easy to install Nextcloud on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. The installation process should take about 5-10 minutes if you follow the very easy steps described below. (more…)

What is Help Desk Support?

June 21, 2017January 25, 2018 Leave a comment

Help desk support, most commonly, is a way of providing IT support to end-users (customers). For Linux server management companies, help desk support often involves resolving issues related to a customer’s Linux server or a service running on that Linux server. To help you understand what help desk support is, we’ll answer a few frequently asked questions related to help desk support. (more…)

What is Server Management?

June 7, 2017January 25, 2018 4 Comments

We’ll explain to you, What is Server Management? Like many other terms in the server management and managed services industry, server management is vaguely used and can mean different things when used by different server management service providers.

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Open source sysadmin tools we use on a daily basis

February 24, 2017January 25, 2018 2 Comments

Being a Linux system and network administrator requires a lot of time and dedication. Sysadmins usually have hundreds of tasks they need to do every day, some of which may be repetitive. This is where the sysadmin tools come in handy. There’s an open source application for just about anything. You can get a lot more work done if you’d automate repetitive tasks and manage your time properly. If you are in tech support, you’ll most likely use and support hundreds if not thousands of different software and applications. Managing all of them at the same time, or with even just a small number of them can be difficult if you don’t use the proper tools.

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