A user is unable to log on to a Linux workstation. The systems administrator executes the following command: The command results in the following output: Which of the following should the systems…

The correct answer is D. passwd -u user1. The output shows that the user1 account has a locked password, indicated by the exclamation point (!) in the second field of the /etc/shadow file. To unlock the password and allow the user to log in, the systems administrator should use the passwd command with the -u (unlock)…

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A user is unable to log on to a Linux workstation. The systems administrator executes the following command: The command results in the following output: Which of the following should the systems administrator execute to fix the issue?

Options

Achown -R user1:user1 /home/user1
Bsed -i '/:::/::/g' /etc/shadow
Cchgrp user1:user1 /home/user1
Dpasswd -u user1

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A
4% (2)
B
13% (6)
C
9% (4)
D
73% (33)

Explanation

The output shows that the user1 account has a locked password, indicated by the exclamation point (!) in the second field of the /etc/shadow file. To unlock the password and allow the user to log in, the systems administrator should use the passwd command with the -u (unlock) option.

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#Linux User Management#Account Locking#passwd command#Login Troubleshooting

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