A Linux administrator is adding a user's local Linux account to the accounting group. The user is also a member of the finance group. Which of the following is the BEST way to add the user to the…

The correct answer is D. Usermod -aG accounting user1. Assigning secondary groups to users Use usermod command to make existing user a member of an existing group. Use -aG switch to add a new group. In this example, we make user username a member of group groupname. Note that group groupname has to be already created. > usermod -aG…

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A Linux administrator is adding a user's local Linux account to the accounting group. The user is also a member of the finance group. Which of the following is the BEST way to add the user to the accounting group while still maintaining the user's existing group members ships?

Options

AUsermod -g accounting user1
BUsermod -G accounting, finance user1
CUsermod -G accounting user1
DUsermod -aG accounting user1

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A
3% (1)
B
8% (3)
C
3% (1)
D
88% (35)

Explanation

Assigning secondary groups to users Use usermod command to make existing user a member of an existing group. Use -aG switch to add a new group. In this example, we make user username a member of group groupname. Note that group groupname has to be already created. > usermod -aG groupname username

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#Linux user management#Group management#usermod command#User account modification

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