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101-400 · Question #166

What would the following line accomplish if run as root? chown -R bert /home/bert/*

The correct answer is E. It would set ownership of all files and subdirectories in /home/bert to bert. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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What would the following line accomplish if run as root? chown -R bert /home/bert/*

Options

  • ANothing, this command is invalid.
  • BIt would revoke bert's ownership of all files in /home/bert to bert.
  • CIt would change user ownership of all files in /home/bert to bert.
  • DIt would set the group ownership of the directory /home/bert to bert
  • EIt would set ownership of all files and subdirectories in /home/bert to bert

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  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • D
    8% (3)
  • E
    83% (30)

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