010-160 Security And File Permissions Practice Question
Which command-line tool is used to display the groups a specific user belongs to?
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groups
The 'groups' command lists all group memberships for a specified username.
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groups
Why this is correct
Lists all groups for the user.
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id
Why it's wrong here
id provides UID and GID info, but 'groups' is more specific to group lists.
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listgroups
Why it's wrong here
This command does not exist.
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whoami
Why it's wrong here
Shows current user identity.
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