Recently, I needed to check on incoming and outgoing traffic to one of my Linux machines. Fortunately, there's an easy way to do just that.

The watch and tail commands can help monitor activity on Linux systems. This post looks at some helpful ways to use these commands. The watch and tail commands provide some interesting options for ...

Linux systems provide a number of commands that make it easy to report on system activity. In this post, we’re going to look at several commands that are especially helpful. The watch command is one ...

How to monitor events on your Linux data center servers with auditd Your email has been sent The Linux Auditing System is an outstanding way for sysadmins to create a log rule for nearly every action ...

Linux tip: Many users are all too familiar with using Ctrl+Alt+Del (or, on a Mac, Cmd+Opt+Esc) to kill unresponsive processes. There isn't a comparable keyboard shortcut for Linux by default, but a ...

It's a rare occasion that my Linux desktop slows down. That's not to say it never happens, as that would be a lie. Most often, when a system slowdown occurs, I can usually trace it back to a specific ...