http://www.itworld.com/systems-administration xx http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/63716/myths-gods-and-titanic-disasters-how-servers-really-get-their-names Last month we looked into the practice of naming servers, half expecting to discover it was a quirky, geeky thing to do -- and nothing more. To our surprise, readers flooded the story with comments, chiming in about their own naming schemes. Want a server to last forever? Name it Belgarath. Feel like tempting fate? Name it Hindenberg or Titanic. Looking for a suitable name for a mail server? Try Pegasus, Newman, or Norman Mailer. http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/63716/myths-gods-and-titanic-disasters-how-servers-really-get-their-names#comments Offbeat Feature Linux systems administration Unix Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:19:29 -0500 abennett 63716 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/61750/would-server-any-other-name-be-functional If you name your main file server after a depressive alcoholic playwright can you really expect it to be anything other than problematic? http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/61750/would-server-any-other-name-be-functional#comments Offbeat Opinion servers systems administration Unix Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:19:00 -0500 jfruh 61750 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/54117/long-listings-ps-command If you've ever been frustrated by ps output that is truncated at the edge of your 80-column terminal window, let's take a look at the options that various Unix systems provide for showing you what you really want to see. http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/54117/long-listings-ps-command#comments Operating systems How-to long listing ps -ef ps aux ps output Sandra Henry-Stocker systems administration Unix Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:15:33 -0400 Sandra Henry-Stocker 54117 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/53949/unix-and-long-usernames Working around problems caused by usernames with more than eight characters is generally easy, but isn't it time we stop having to abide by limitations created 40 years ago? http://www.itworld.com/development/53949/unix-and-long-usernames#comments Development Operating systems How-to 8-character limits passwd ps Sandra Henry-Stocker systems administration Unix Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:20:45 -0400 Sandra Henry-Stocker 53949 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/53789/setting-proxy-web-server-apache Setting up a forward web proxy with Apache involves a very simple and quick procedure. From start to finish, it should take you roughly half an hour. Let's examine the process step by step. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/53789/setting-proxy-web-server-apache#comments Internet Open Source How-to Apache installation proxy Sandra Henry-Stocker systems administration Unix Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:59:56 -0400 Sandra Henry-Stocker 53789 at http://www.itworld.com