Eccouncil 312-38 Exam - Topic 3 Question 61 Discussion

Actual exam question for Eccouncil's 312-38 exam

Question #: 61
Topic #: 3

If Myron, head of network defense at Cyberdyne, wants to change the default password policy settings on the company's Linux systems, which directory should he access?

A/etc/logrotate.conf

B/etc/hosts.allow

C/etc/crontab

D/etc/login.defs

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Suggested Answer: D

by Portia at Nov 20, 2022, 09:22 AM

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Lashawna

4 months ago

I thought it was in /etc/security, but I guess I was wrong!

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Kiley

4 months ago

Nope, it's not passwd, it's login.defs.

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Huey

4 months ago

Wait, are we sure it's not /etc/passwd?

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Dino

4 months ago

Agreed, that's the go-to file for that!

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Diane

4 months ago

It's definitely /etc/login.defs for password policies.

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Jerrod

5 months ago

I definitely recall that /etc/login.defs is where default password settings are configured. I hope that's right!

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Leslie

5 months ago

I feel like /etc/logrotate.conf is for log management, not passwords. I’m a bit confused about the others though.

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Trinidad

5 months ago

I remember practicing a question about password policies, and I think it was something like /etc/login.defs. That sounds familiar.

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Andra

5 months ago

I think the password policy settings are usually in a file related to user logins, but I'm not entirely sure which one it is.

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Ilda

5 months ago

Hmm, I think I need to read this question more carefully. The wording is a bit unclear to me.

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Gerri

5 months ago

I'm pretty sure the 'Delivered:' header is not used to determine the source of an email, so I'll go with option C.

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Claudio

5 months ago

The distribution looks a bit asymmetric, but I'm not sure if it's positively or negatively skewed. I'll have to analyze the graph more closely.

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Afton

5 months ago

I'm a bit confused on this one. I'll have to review my notes to see which database connection type is best for stored procedures.

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