Do you wonder why you can't edit, execute, or even open some UNIX files and directories? It's all in the permissions. Find out how you read these permissions and make them work for you.

Fink is one of several projects that brings easy management of open source Unix programs to OS X.

Dear Lifehacker, I’ve followed your guide to building a home server with FreeNAS , but I’m not sure what to do with the permissions on my files. Can ...

That is, of course, unless you add the directory containing the files to your search path. The batch language, like Unix systems, provides a search path to facilitate your use of its commands.

HP announced Monday it is letting its Tru64 Unix Advanced File System source code run free in the Linux community. Access to this code will provide capabilities that increase uptime, enhance security ...

Today, we will look at a script that provides more information on the processes keeping a file system busy by using fuser to supply process IDs to ps and ps to then display additional information ...

How to View ZIP Files in Unix. The ZIP archive is recognized by most operating systems, thus making it useful for compressing and archiving files regardless of the OS that your employees or ...