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Submitted by valeria.br· Apr 18, 2026User and Group Management

Question

An administrator has a user whose account needs to be disabled but not removed. Which of the following should the administrator do?

Options

  • AEdit /etc/gshadow and just remove the user name. and just remove the user? name.
  • BEdit /etc/passwd and change all numbers to 0.
  • CEdit /etc/shadow and remove the last field.
  • DEdit /etc/passwd and insert an * after the first : .
  • EEdit /etc/group file and put a # sign in front of the user name. sign in front of the user? name.

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#User management#Account disabling#/etc/passwd#Security
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