There are many ways to move files between Unix and Windows. In my mind, they fall into three categories — secure copy (let’s not even think about ftp), shared drives, and file synchronization. Each ...

Setting up users with very limited access to systems — nothing more than they need, used to be a little tricky. You could create a specialized environment, chain the visitor to his home directory and ...

I restarted ssh after each attempt. In both cases when I upload a file with the SFTP user it gets 644 permissions. I am not trying to chroot the user. OK so I think I understand what is going on. The ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. The more distributed ...