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Backup Battle  

The well-known free backup solutions Bacula and Amanda now have some competition. Burp, Obnam, and Backshift are three promising newcomers that impress with interesting features.

UserSecurity  

Restricting FTP access on Solaris can be tricky. We show you how to create a secure chroot environment that restricts an SFTP user to a specific directory.

Cockpit  

Univention is one of the most interesting, preconfigured Linux-based products in the corporate server race.

The Mailman  

The latest release of Open-Xchange collaboration server includes new interfaces, such as MAPI support for Outlook and the ability to connect to mobile devices. In this article, we look at the new features and explain how to install the community version.

Rest in PAC  

With its intelligent functionality, PAC can bring order to active SSH connections.

Database Face-Off  

MariaDB is a cousin of MySQL – but not an identical twin

Server Check  

With the right plugins, Nagios can monitor the underlying server hardware, as well as services. The author of the IPMI plugin shows how.

Take a Number  

Request Tracker is a powerful help desk system that more admins should know about.

Wrong Number  

The Firefox version 3.6 browser plugin for accessing consoles on virtual servers can suddenly stop working, causing problems for VMware server admins. We explain how to use the plugin without the browser.