Users, Administrators, Groups and Permissions

Does an administrator user account on a computer have complete control over a machine?

Yes

Which of the following methods can Administrators use to add a user in Windows? (Choose all that apply)

At the CLI, use the DOS style net user username * /add command. In the GUI, under Local Users and Groups in the Computer Management tool, right click Users and select New User.

When examining the permissions on a file in Linux you find the the first four bits are -rwx. What does this mean?

It is a regular file and the owner has read, write, and execute permissions.

On a Linux system, what is the first user that gets automatically created?

Root user

Generally, what type of user has access to, but limited control over a computer?

Standard

Which of the following Windows tools can be used to manage group information?

Computer Managment

Question 6 What flag can be used in Linux with the passwd command to force a user to change their password on the next logon?

-e flag

Question 4 On a Linux system, which file contains information about group memberships?

/etc/group

Which of the following locations and/or methods can Administrators find and/or use to change user passwords on Windows systems? (Choose all that apply)

At the CLI, using the DOS style net user command. In the GUI, under Local Users and Groups in the Computer Management tool.

What does DACL stand for?

NOT Discretionary Access Content List

Which Windows PowerShell CLI command can be used to list the Users on a given computer?

NOT Get-localgroupMember

In Windows, a simple permission is actually a larger set of ___

NOT User permissions

In Windows, what does UAC stand for?

NOT-GetLocalGroup

When using ICACL in the Windows CLI, what flag shows that a given user can create files?

NOT: CF

In the Computer Management tool in Windows, what setting can an administrator enable if a user's password was compromised and they need to update it?

User must change password at next logon.

Imagine you are an IT administrator and you need to check that proper permissions are configured on a file in Linux. The file's owner should have full permissions. The file's associated group members should be able to read and write to the file, but not execute the file. Other users can only read the file. How should these file permissions look when you check them in the CLI environment? 1 / 1 point

-rwxrw-r- -

What is the name of the privileged file on Linux that stores scramble passwords?

/etc/shadow

Question 5 What parameter can be used in the Windows CLI to force a user to change their password on the next logon?

/logonpasswordchg:yes

Which of the following locations and/or methods can Administrators find and/or use to change user passwords on Windows systems? (Choose all that apply)

In the GUI, under Local Users and Groups in the Computer Management tool . At the CLI, using the DOS style net user command.

Which Windows PowerShell CLI command can be used to list the Users within local Groups on a given computer?

NOT Get-LocalUser

When examining the permissions on a file in Linux you find the the first four bits are -rwx. What does this mean?

NOT: It is a directory file and the owner has read, write, and execute permissions.

When using ICACL in the Windows CLI, what flag shows that a given user can create files?

WD

In Windows, which of the following are directory and file permissions that can be assigned to groups and/or users? (Choose all that apply)

Write Read & Execute