XK0-006 System Management Practice Question
A technician wants to find all files owned by user 'jane' in the /home directory. Which command accomplishes this?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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find /home -type f -user jane
The find command with -user option searches for files owned by a specific user.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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grep -r jane /home
Why it's wrong here
grep searches file contents for the string 'jane'; it never inspects ownership metadata. The find command with -user matches the owner field, which is the correct tool when filtering by UID or username rather than by text inside files.
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ls -lR /home | grep jane
Why it's wrong here
ls -lR lists directory contents recursively and greps the displayed text, so it matches filenames or group names containing 'jane' and misses files whose owner column is numeric. find -user queries the inode's UID field directly, giving exact ownership matches.
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locate jane /home
Why it's wrong here
locate queries the mlocate database by filename pattern and ignores ownership entirely, and its syntax takes patterns, not a directory argument in that form. find -user jane /home reads inode ownership directly, which is what the task requires.
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find /home -type f -user jane
Why this is correct
The -user predicate filters by owner, -type f restricts matches to regular files, and /home scopes the search to the required directory. This combination returns exactly the files owned by jane, satisfying the stem's ownership constraint without listing directories.
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