Which of the following should the systems administrator use to ensure the test account is disabled after 24 hours if the account's password has expired?

Question

Options

• Apasswd -1 test --t 24
• Bpasswd -i 1 test
• Cpasswd -e test 24
• Dpasswd -d -l --n 1 test

• A
  15% (8)
• B
  4% (2)
• C
  75% (40)
• D
  6% (3)

Explanation

The goal is to set an inactivity period so that the test account is automatically disabled a set time after its password expires. passwd -e forces immediate password expiration on the specified account, and providing 24 sets the expiry window in hours, making the account unusable once that window passes without a password change. Option A uses -1 and --t, which are not valid passwd flags. Option B uses passwd -i 1 test, where -i sets the number of inactive days after password expiration - while conceptually related, it sets a 1-day inactive period rather than directly tying expiry to a 24-hour window as specified. Option D combines -d (delete password) and -l (lock account) with invalid flags, which would not achieve the timed disable behavior required.

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