No [...]]]> Here’s an excellent article on automating backups on Linux systems. I use many of these same scripts to archive data to my backup server, nightly. If you haven’t already started using automated backups, I strongly urge you to do so. Remember if it’s not backed up, it must not be important. — Neil

No excuses: do-it-yourself, secure, distributed network backups made easy

Carlos Justiniano, Software Architect, Ecuity Inc.

Summary: The loss of critical data can prove devastating. Still, millions of professionals ignore backing up their data. While individual reasons vary, one of the most common explanations is that performing routine backups can be a real chore. Because machines excel at mundane and repetitive tasks, the key to reducing the inherent drudgery and the natural human tendency for procrastination, is to automate the backup process.

If you use Linux, you already have access to extremely powerful tools for creating custom backup solutions. The solutions in this article can help you perform simple to more advanced and secure network backups using open source tools that are part of nearly every Linux distribution.

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Have you ever wondered why you get the errors Execute permission denied or The parameter list is too long? These are just a few of the common errors UNIX and Linux novices receive that they may not know how to avoid. [...]]]> Summary: Discover the most common errors in UNIX® and Linux®—and how to avoid them.

Have you ever wondered why you get the errors Execute permission denied or The parameter list is too long? These are just a few of the common errors UNIX and Linux novices receive that they may not know how to avoid. This article explains such errors and provides workarounds and resolutions to these and other errors that may crop up.

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