Which command and option combination creates a new user account named 'jdoe' with a specific UID of 1500, a home directory of /home/jdoe, and an initial group of 'staff'?

adduser --uid 1500 --home /home/jdoe --ingroup staff jdoe

useradd -U 1500 -h /home/jdoe -G staff jdoe

useradd -uid 1500 -home /home/jdoe -group staff jdoe

useradd -u 1500 -d /home/jdoe -g staff jdoe

An administrator has just locked a user account with passwd -l and added the user to a new group. To verify both changes, which command(s) should be run?

chage -l username and groups username

passwd -S username and id username

grep username /etc/passwd and grep username /etc/group

getent passwd username and getent group username

LPI BSD Specialist

Domain 3Objective 1

713.1 Manage User Accounts and Groups (weight: 3) BSD-SPECIALIST Practice Questions (Page 3)

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17 Concepts in This Objective

Create user accounts
Modify user accounts
Remove user accounts
Create system accounts
Modify system accounts
Remove system accounts
Create groups
Modify groups
Remove groups
Manage group membership
Lock user accounts
Unlock user accounts
Change user passwords
Change default shell
Change other user properties
Control home directory template files
Verify account and group changes

Questions 11–15

11foundation · easy
Which command and option combination creates a new user account named 'jdoe' with a specific UID of 1500, a home directory of /home/jdoe, and an initial group of 'staff'?
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12foundation · easy
Which command is used to set or change a user's password?
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13application · medium
An administrator has just locked a user account with passwd -l and added the user to a new group. To verify both changes, which command(s) should be run?
Select an answer first
14application · easy
A user 'carol' needs her default shell changed from /bin/csh to /bin/bash. The administrator wants to make this change for her. Which command should be used?
Select an answer first
15foundation · easy
Which command locks a user account by placing a '!' in the password field?
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713.1 Manage User Accounts and Groups (weight: 3) BSD-SPECIALIST Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

Which command and option combination creates a new user account named 'jdoe' with a specific UID of 1500, a home directory of /home/jdoe, and an initial group of 'staff'?

Which command is used to set or change a user's password?

An administrator has just locked a user account with passwd -l and added the user to a new group. To verify both changes, which command(s) should be run?

A user 'carol' needs her default shell changed from /bin/csh to /bin/bash. The administrator wants to make this change for her. Which command should be used?

Which command locks a user account by placing a '!' in the password field?

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