A systems administrator is tasked with changing the default shell of a system account in order to disable iterative logins. Which of the following is the BEST option for the administrator to use as…

The correct answer is A. /sbin/nologin. In order to limit the login we can add /bin/false to the end of the string (in the file /etc/passwd ), thus we will have a return code = 1 (when the user tries to open the terminal it will close Another method, in the same way, we add /sbin/nologin (in this case I will have the…

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Question

A systems administrator is tasked with changing the default shell of a system account in order to disable iterative logins. Which of the following is the BEST option for the administrator to use as the new shell?

Options

A/sbin/nologin
B/bin/sh
C/sbin/setenforce
D/bin/bash

How the community answered

(22 responses)

A
86% (19)
B
9% (2)
D
5% (1)

Explanation

In order to limit the login we can add /bin/false to the end of the string (in the file /etc/passwd ), thus we will have a return code = 1 (when the user tries to open the terminal it will close Another method, in the same way, we add /sbin/nologin (in this case I will have the message "This account is currently not available")

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#User management#Shell configuration#Account security#Disabling logins

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