Users

Question 1

Where is the location of passwords?

Answer 1

/etc/shadow

Question 2

Where is the location of all system and user accounts stored?

Answer 2

/etc/passwd

Question 3

What is the location of all groups stored on the system?

Answer 3

/etc/group

Question 4

What is the command to add a user?

Answer 4

useradd

i. e user add -m -d /home/newuser newuser
* -m copies items to user from /etc/skel

Question 5

What is the command to remove a user?

Answer 5

userdel

Question 6

What denotes a user not having the functionality to sign in located at /etc/shadow?

Answer 6

*

Question 7

What denotes a user being blocked from sign in located at /etc/shadow?

Answer 7

! before hashed password

Question 8

What is the directory that contains items that will be copied to a user profile?

Answer 8

/etc/skel

i. e useradd -m
* -m copies items to user from /etc/skel

Question 9

What is the command to set a password for a specific user?

Answer 9

passwd

Question 10

What is the command to lock a user account?

Answer 10

usermod -L

Question 11

What is the command to unlock a user account?

Answer 11

usermod -U

Question 12

What constitutes the information found in /etc/passwd?

Answer 12

username: passwdplaceholder:userid:groupid:additionalinfo:homedirectory:defaultshell
luke: x:1000:1000:luke,,,:/home/luke:/bin/bash
* password are now stored in /etc/shadow