LPIC-3 Mixed Environments
Domain 5Objective 1
394.1 Managing User Accounts and Groups (weight: 4) LPIC-3-MIXED-ENVIRONMENTS Practice Questions (Page 5)
Part of the Topic 394: Samba User and Group Management domain, which makes up ~10% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~4–6 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 25 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 21–25
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A security policy requires that a specific Samba user, 'contractor1', must have their account expire on 2025-12-31. The Samba server uses the tdbsam backend. Which command sets this expiration date?
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What is the purpose of the 'unix password sync' parameter in smb.conf?
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A company has a Samba server where Windows users authenticate with their domain credentials. The Unix accounts on the server have different usernames (e.g., Windows user 'JDOE' maps to Unix user 'jdoe'). The administrator needs to ensure that when 'JDOE' connects, Samba uses the correct Unix account for file ownership. What is the most appropriate way to configure this mapping?
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Which smb.conf parameter specifies a script that is executed when a new Samba user is added?
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A Samba server authenticates users for a Windows workgroup. A new employee, Maria, has a Unix account 'maria' created by the IT team. The team now needs to enable Maria to access Samba shares using her Windows credentials. The Samba server is not a domain controller. Which command should be run to create the Samba account and set an initial password for Maria?
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