Chapter 6. Advanced User Management

Which command can be used to display the effective (current) username?

• whoami command

• whois command

• who command

• userinfo command

Where is the recommended location to store custom sudo rules?

• 1. /etc/custom_sudo directory

• • /etc/sudoers.d directory

• 1. /var/sudo_rules directory

• 1. /usr/local/sudoers directory

Which command will lock the user account for user10?

• 1. passwd -u user10

• • passwd -l user10

• 1. lockuser user10

• 1. usermod -L user10

Is the statement that the chown command may be used to modify both ownership and group membership on a file true or false?

• True

• False

Which command will set mindays to 7, maxdays to 15, and warndays to 3 for user5?

• • passwd -n 7 -x 15 -w 3 user5

• 1. chage -n 7 -x 15 -w 3 user5

• 1. passwd -n 3 -x 7 -w 15 user5

• 1. usermod -n 7 -x 15 -w 3 user5

What are the two command names for managing all of the password aging attributes?

• 1. passwd and chown

• 1. chage and usermod

• • passwd and chage

• 1. passwd and useradd

Which file has the default password aging settings defined?

• • /etc/login.defs

• 1. /etc/defaults.conf

• 1. /etc/passwords.conf

• 1. /etc/passwd

Which command will set October 22, 2020, as the expiry date for user10?

• 1. chage -e 2020-10-22 user10

• 1. usermod -E 2020-10-22 user10

• 1. passwd -E 2020-10-22 user10

• • chage -E 2020-10-22 user10

Which command will display password aging attributes for user5?

• 1. chage -L user5

• 1. usermod -l user5

• 1. passwd -l user5

• • chage -l user5

Which two commands can be used to lock and unlock a user account?

• • usermod and passwd

• 1. chage and usermod

• 1. passwd and chown

• 1. usermod and chage