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No doubt that if you are working with large and medium sized servers and infrastructures, you have come across the need to collect logs and review or analyze them. With more servers the problem escalates as you have to log into every system to check the logs. It becomes very nice once you start having different systems that have different logging mechanisms. I touched the subject with my article on configuring splunk and snare for logging.

mksysb - how to create an installable image of the root volume group in IBM AIX

Examine methods for reporting on e-mail usage and getting detailed statistics on mailbox use. Depending on your UNIX systems, you might even be able to glean more detailed information, such as identifying which users are using their folders effectively and who could benefit from further training and advice.

In the third part of his series on basic Linux networking, Bill Wong examines one of the most popular uses of Linux networking--linking different OSes via Samba--and tells how to set up your own Samba installation with a minimum of fuss.