useradd and userdel in Linux CLI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to add a new user named 'alice'.

Linux CLI

sudo [1] alice

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

Auseradd

Buserdel

Cpasswd

Dgroupadd

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'userdel' instead of 'useradd'.

Using 'passwd' which changes passwords, not adds users.

The 'useradd' command is used to add a new user in Linux.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to delete a user named 'bob'.

Linux CLI

sudo [1] bob

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

Apasswd

Buserdel

Cgroupdel

Duseradd

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'useradd' instead of 'userdel'.

Using 'groupdel' which deletes groups, not users.

The 'userdel' command deletes a user from the system.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to add a user with a home directory.

Linux CLI

sudo useradd [1] alice

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

A-m

B-r

C-s

D-d

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-d' which sets a custom home directory path but does not create it.

Using '-r' which creates a system user, not a regular user.

The '-m' option creates a home directory for the new user.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to delete user 'charlie' and remove their home directory.

Linux CLI

sudo [1] [2] charlie

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

Auserdel

B-r

C-m

Duseradd

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'useradd' instead of 'userdel'.

Using '-m' which creates a home directory, not removes it.

The 'userdel' command deletes the user, and '-r' removes the home directory.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to add a user 'dave' with a home directory and set their shell to /bin/bash.

Linux CLI

sudo [1] [2] [3] dave

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

A-m

B-s

Cuseradd

D-r

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-r' which creates a system user, not a regular user.

Putting options in the wrong order or missing the shell option.

Use 'useradd' command with '-m' to create home directory and '-s' to set shell.