LPIC-3 Security
Domain 2Objective 3
326.3 User Management and Authentication (weight: 5) LPIC-3-SECURITY Practice Questions (Page 1)
Part of the Topic 326: Host Security domain, which makes up ~26% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~9–16 in this domain), expect 2–4 from this objective — we provide 43 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 1–5
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A system administrator wants to configure NSS to first check local files for user accounts, then fall back to an LDAP directory. Which line in /etc/nsswitch.conf achieves this?
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To integrate SSSD with NSS, which source should be added to the passwd, group, and shadow databases in /etc/nsswitch.conf?
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A Linux server needs to authenticate users against an existing Active Directory domain. The administrator has installed SSSD and joined the domain. Which configuration in /etc/sssd/sssd.conf is required to use AD as the authentication source?
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Which PAM control flag causes the PAM stack to stop processing immediately if the module fails?
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A company is migrating from a legacy LDAP directory to FreeIPA. The administrator has configured SSSD with id_provider = ipa and auth_provider = ipa. Users can authenticate, but they cannot access Kerberized services that require a TGT. What is the most likely cause?
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