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John works as a Network Administrator for Perfect Solutions Inc. The company has a Linux- based network. John is working as a root user on the Linux operating system. He executes the following…

The correct answer is B. root, 0. According to the scenario, John is a root user. Hence, the value of the environmental variables $USER and $UID will be root and 0, respectively.

Linux/Unix System Auditing

Question

John works as a Network Administrator for Perfect Solutions Inc. The company has a Linux- based network. John is working as a root user on the Linux operating system. He executes the following command in the terminal: echo $USER, $UID Which of the following will be displayed as the correct output of the above command?

Options

  • AJohn, 0
  • Broot, 0
  • Croot, 500
  • DJohn, 502

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    13% (6)
  • B
    81% (38)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    4% (2)

Explanation

According to the scenario, John is a root user. Hence, the value of the environmental variables $USER and $UID will be root and 0, respectively.

Topics

#Linux root user#UID#environment variables#shell output

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