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Start Manage users and groups PracticeA company policy requires that when a user is deleted, all files owned by that user in /home should be reassigned to a 'guest' account. Which command accomplishes this?
Explanation: Uses `find` to locate all files owned by `olduser` under `/home` and then executes `chown guest` on them, which reassigns ownership to the `guest` account. This directly satisfies the policy requirement without affecting the user account itself or copying files.
Given the exhibit, which statement is true about the file /project/report.txt?
Explanation: The permissions -rw-rw-r-- mean owner has rw-, group has rw-, and others have r--. Therefore, any user (including others) can read the file (A true), and Alice as owner can write (B true). Thus both A and B are correct, making the single-answer question invalid.
You are managing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 server that hosts a shared development environment. The server has a directory /projects owned by root:developers with permissions 2770. There are three users: dev1, dev2, and dev3, all members of the 'developers' group. Developers need to create and edit files in /projects, and any new file should be writable by all members of the developers group. However, you notice that when dev1 creates a file, the permissions are 644 instead of 664, and the group is set to dev1's primary group (dev1) instead of 'developers'. After investigating, you find that the setgid bit is set on /projects, but the directory's ACLs are not configured. What is the most efficient way to ensure that new files in /projects inherit the group 'developers' and have group-writable permissions by default?
Explanation: The setgid bit on /projects would already force new files to have the group 'developers'. The actual issue described (files created with 644 permissions) is solely due to the creating user's umask, not group ownership. A default ACL can be used to enforce group-write permissions, but it cannot change the owning group to 'developers' if the setgid bit is not effective. The explanation incorrectly states that the default ACL overrides the primary group; that is not how POSIX ACLs work.
A system administrator needs to ensure that the user 'jdoe' cannot log in via SSH but can still use other services like FTP. Which approach should the administrator take?
Explanation: Changing the user's shell to /sbin/nologin prevents interactive login via SSH (which requires a valid shell listed in /etc/shells) while still allowing non-interactive services like FTP, which typically do not check the user's shell. This approach specifically blocks SSH access without locking the account or affecting other authentication methods.
Which TWO commands can be used to add the user 'alice' to the supplementary group 'developers'?
Explanation: `gpasswd -a alice developers` adds the user 'alice' to the supplementary group 'developers' by appending her to the group's member list in /etc/group. Option C is correct because `usermod -aG developers alice` appends 'alice' to the supplementary group 'developers' without removing her from other supplementary groups, which is the intended behavior for adding a user to an additional group.
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