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201-450 · Question #132

The user' quotas on the server were reduced from 200MB to 100MB. Besides sending emails to all users, it was requested that a message should communicate the change every time a user access the…

The correct answer is B. Put the message text in the /etc/motd file. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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Question

The user' quotas on the server were reduced from 200MB to 100MB. Besides sending emails to all users, it was requested that a message should communicate the change every time a user access the server. Which of the following is the correct method to configure this?

Options

  • APut the message text in the /etc/login-message file
  • BPut the message text in the /etc/motd file
  • CPut the message text in the /etc/default/login file.
  • DPut the message text in the /etc/passwd file, after all users entries.
  • EThere is no way to do this because the administrator has no permission to change the .bash_profile

How the community answered

(22 responses)
  • A
    14% (3)
  • B
    77% (17)
  • C
    5% (1)
  • E
    5% (1)

Topics

#/etc/motd#login message#system notification#user communication

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