The brain of any operating system is its kernel. But a computer with only an operating system(kernel) is of no use, because nobody really uses an operating system. The end user of a computer is always concerned about programs, and not the operating system. What an operating system really does is to provide an environment, where these programs can... + continue reading
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Our introductory guide to NFS did not contain some major topics, that requires special attention when we talk about NFS. These topics must always be given an extra bit of care, while configuring NFS. We purposely skipped out most of the serious topics in NFS in that tutorial guide, because of the simple reason that they are serious topics and must... + continue reading
During the infancy period of computer's, SUN Microsystems developed a technology, which made accessing files from other computer's over network easy. This technology gave a new dimension to access data through network, and is heavily used even today in organizations. The advantage of this technology is the fact that it made directories and... + continue reading
A user account with a corresponding password for that account, is the primary mechanism that can be used for getting access to a Linux machine. Its very much logical to think that the passwords of all the user's in a system must first be saved in some kind of a file or a database, so that it can be verified during a user login attempt.And you do... + continue reading
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