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Why Use Linux?
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Understanding, Administering Linux Groups and Use…
In a multi-user environment like Linux, every file is owned by a user and a group. There can be others as well who may be allowed to work with the fi…
Linux BIND DNS - Part 6: Linux BIND - DNS Caching
In the previous articles, we spoke about the Internet Domain Hierarchy and explained how the ROOT servers are the DNS servers, which contain all the…
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