A junior developer is unable to access an application server and receives the following output: The systems administrator investigates the issue and receives the following output: Which of the…

The correct answer is D. pam_tally2 --user=dev2 --reset. To unlock an account that has been locked due to login failures, the administrator can use the command pam_tally2 --user=dev2 --reset (D). This will reset the failure counter for the user "dev2" and allow the user to log in again.

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Question

A junior developer is unable to access an application server and receives the following output:

The systems administrator investigates the issue and receives the following output:

Which of the following commands will help unlock the account?

Exhibits

Options

Apam_tally2 --user=dev2 --quiet
Bpam_tally2 --user=dev2
Cpam_tally2 --user+dev2 --quiet
Dpam_tally2 --user=dev2 --reset

How the community answered

(30 responses)

A
7% (2)
B
13% (4)
C
3% (1)
D
77% (23)

Explanation

To unlock an account that has been locked due to login failures, the administrator can use the command pam_tally2 --user=dev2 --reset (D). This will reset the failure counter for the user "dev2" and allow the user to log in again.

Topics

#Linux administration#User management#Authentication#PAM#Command-line tools

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