What command line will create the user falco with home directory assigned to the group users as primary group?

Anjali D.Dec 15, 2025

The answer is C, useradd -m -g users falco, and the two flags together are what make it complete. The -g flag sets the primary group, which most of us agreed on pretty quickly, but a few people in the group initially picked A and forgot that useradd does not automatically create the home directory unless you pass -m explicitly. Options D and E are just not real Linux syntax at all, and -f in option B controls the password inactivity period, which has nothing to do with groups or home directories. Anyone who has been burned by a missing home dir on a new account knows why that -m flag matters, so keep that pairing locked in your head.

Nina C.Dec 23, 2025

C, and I almost picked A on my practice test until I remembered -m is what actually makes the home directory. Saw something just like this on my exam last week, stared at it forever, then it clicked, you need both flags together.

Ingrid P.Dec 5, 2025

The -g flag handles the primary group assignment, but a lot of people burn cards on just that and skip the flag that actually makes the home directory get created, which is the real gotcha in this question. Do you have separate cards for each useradd flag, or are you grouping -m and -g together as a single "create user with home and group" combo card?

Toby R.Nov 20, 2025

Saw this one on my exam and I went with E because the syntax "add -user falco -group users" reads the most like a complete command that handles both the user creation and the group assignment in one shot, and on the actual test the options that look like they do two things at once tend to be right when the question asks about two things at once. The -user and -group flags spell out exactly what you are doing so there is no guessing involved, which is usually a good sign.