User account management script in Bash Scripting - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to add a new user named 'john'.

Bash Scripting

sudo useradd [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-m john

Bjohn

C-d /home/john

D-s /bin/bash

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting to create the home directory with '-m'.

Using only the username without options.

The '-m' option creates the user's home directory when adding the user 'john'.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to delete a user named 'alice' and remove her home directory.

Bash Scripting

sudo userdel [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-d alice

Balice

C-f alice

D-r alice

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Deleting the user without removing the home directory.

Using incorrect options like '-d' which is not valid here.

The '-r' option removes the user's home directory and mail spool when deleting the user.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the script that locks the user account 'bob'.

Bash Scripting

sudo passwd [1] bob

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-l

B-u

C-d

D-e

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-u' which unlocks the account instead.

Using '-d' which deletes the password.

The '-l' option locks the user account by disabling the password.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a user 'carol' with home directory and bash shell.

Bash Scripting

sudo useradd [1] [2] carol

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-m

B-s /bin/bash

C/bin/bash

D-d

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-d' instead of '-m' for home directory.

Not specifying the shell option.

Use '-m' to create the home directory and '-s' to specify the shell.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a user 'dave' with home directory, bash shell, and add to group 'developers'.

Bash Scripting

sudo useradd [1] [2] [3] dave

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-m

B-s /bin/bash

C-G developers

D/bin/bash

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting to add the user to the 'developers' group.

Using the shell path as an option instead of a value.

Use '-m' for home directory, '-s' to set shell, and '-G' to add to groups.