Topic: administration
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Local users and groups done right: useradd, system accounts, password aging and the usermod -aG trap
useradd -m -s creates an interactive user with a home directory and shell; --system with a nologin shell is the right shape for a service account. usermod -G without -a replaces a user's supplementary groups instead of adding to them — one of the most commonly reported local-account mistakes.
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Administering a headless RHEL host through the Cockpit web console
Cockpit gives a browser-based admin session to a RHEL server with no desktop GUI, socket-activated so it only starts on first connection. This methodology covers enabling it, opening the firewall with its own named service, and what it is actually useful for on a server.
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Docker Engine host administration: daemon.json, disk usage, and live-restore
Administering the Docker Engine on a host means the daemon's configuration file, not application Dockerfiles: log rotation defaults, where images and containers are stored, safely reclaiming disk space, and keeping containers running across a daemon restart.
Machine-readable: JSON