Linux Chapter 7 Review

What are the differences between standard user accounts and system user accounts?

• Standard user accounts can access system files freely.
• System user accounts are used for personal tasks only.
• Standard user accounts have have an ID of 500 or 1000 or more.

  System user accounts have an ID or 500 or 1000 or less.

• Standard user accounts have the same privileges as system user accounts.

Which Linux file contains the passwords for each user account?

• /etc/shadow

• /var/log/auth.log
• /home/user/.bashrc

• /etc/passwd

What command verifies the entries in the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files to ensure that they have the proper format and contain valid data?

• useradd
• passwd
• chage

• pwck

How can you determine whether a user account is locked in Linux?

• ??

• ! or !!

• @

• **

What command is used to move passwords from the less-secure /etc/passwd file to the more secure /etc/shadow file?

• pwconv
• passswitch
• shadowcopy
• passwdmove

What file contains the default values for the useradd utility?

• /etc/default/useradd
• /etc/useradd/settings
• /usr/local/etc/useradd.conf
• /etc/useradd/default

Which directory contains configuration file templates that are copied into a new user's home directory?

• /usr/local/etc

• /etc/skel

• /var/config
• /home/user/configs

Which Linux command displays the status of the user account?

• pwd
• mkdir

• passwd -S

• whoami

Which command deletes a user and their home directory at the same time?

• deluser username --remove-home
• removeuser username --delete
• userdel username

• userdel -r username

Which command would you use to change the group password in Linux?

• passwd

• chgrp

• gpasswd

• useradd