IDG Contributor Network: Administering Unix Systems Like Your Mom Taught You

Granted, your mom wasn’t likely a Unix systems administrator, but she probably taught you a lot of things that have strongly influenced how you work and how you manage your Unix systems today. It's easy to see why. Mothers dream of their sons' and daughters' success and long-term happiness and generally want to give them pointers that are going to help them do well in their jobs and in their personal lives, even when some of that advice comes across as nagging or sarcastic. So, in honor of Mother's Day, let's look at some of the things our mothers have taught us and trace how some of those lessons have come to apply to the way we manage our Unix servers.

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