Users in the payroll department are not configured to use DNS due to security concerns. The users ask the junior Linux administrator to configure their workstations to access the payroll server at 192.168.204.11 by the name "Payroll". Which of the following commands should the administrator issue to meet this request?

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C. echo "192.168.204.11 Payroll" >> /etc/hosts The /etc/hosts file is a local static lookup table that maps hostnames to IP addresses without requiring DNS resolution. Appending '192.168.204.11 Payroll' to this file allows the system to resolve 'Payroll' to the specified IP address entirely locally, satisfying the security requirement of not using DNS.

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A. echo "nameserver 192.168.204.11 #Payroll" >> /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf is used to configure DNS nameserver addresses and search domains, not to create static hostname-to-IP mappings.

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B. echo "net.ipv4.ip_dynaddr=192.168.204.11 Payroll" >> /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.conf is used to set kernel runtime parameters and has no role in hostname or IP address name resolution.

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D. echo `IPADDR="192.168.204.11" #Payroll' >> /etc/network/interface /etc/network/interfaces is used to configure network interface settings such as IP assignment, not for static hostname resolution.

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