Provisioning Desk · Lab

Create a Linux user account for a new hire

SY0-701 · 4.6
root@warehouse-01: ~ — secure shell
[root@warehouse-01 ~]#

The assignment

You run IT for Harbor Glass Logistics. A hiring manager has filed a provisioning ticket: a new inventory analyst starts in three weeks and needs a login on the warehouse host.

New hire: Renata Velasquez
Login name: rvelasquez
Temp password: brass7otter

You are signed in as root, so no sudo is needed. Work in the terminal to the left.

Steps — they check off as you go

  • Create the rvelasquez account.
  • Record the full name Renata Velasquez as the account comment.
  • Set the password to brass7otter.
  • View /etc/passwd to confirm the account exists.

Two questions

Q1Each line in /etc/passwd is a colon-separated record. Which field carries the readable name or comment you attached when creating the account?
Q2You gave the new account a password without it ever showing on screen. Which command did that?

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