Part two of a five part post series on setting up Linux and Unix servers securely.

Part four of a five part post series on setting up Linux and Unix servers securely.

Part three of a five part post series on setting up Linux and Unix servers securely.

Part five of a, now, 6 part post series on setting up Linux and Unix servers securely.

Part six of our now completed series on setting up Linux and Unix servers securely. At least, it's the end of the beginning...

* Part 1: Introduction to Snort intrusion detection and prevention
* Part 2: Hardware and network setup requirements
* Part 3: Installation prerequisites
* Part 4: Compiling and configuration with MySQL
* Part 5: Configuring Snort and setting up rules
* Part 6: Editing the snort.conf file

Part 1 of this article provided the general background a reader needs to solve problems with Linux. Part 2 of this article discussed the process of solving Linux problems. In this final part of a three-part series, we'll step through a real-world example of solving a Linux problem.

Welcome to part II of this series. Here is Part I and here is Part 0. Today we will talk about scheduling unattended tasks.

This series has been moving along rather slowly, but it's summer and there are many important things to do. Like go to the lake and take naps a lot. Nevertheless, the show must go on, so here we are at Part 3. (Here are Part 1 and Part 2.)