LPI 201-450 Exam - Topic 8 Question 111 Discussion

Actual exam question for LPI's 201-450 exam

Question #: 111
Topic #: 8

What keyword is missing in the following line from /etc/fstab in order to make a USB flash device writeable by the user fred when mounted:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbflash vfat defaults,users,______=fred,umask=022, 0 0

(Provide the option name only without any settings)

Auid

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Annette

7 months ago

I always get confused with these options.

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Karan

7 months ago

Wait, is it really uid? I thought it was something else.

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Portia

7 months ago

I think it's gid, not uid.

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Elliot

7 months ago

Yup, uid is the right one for this!

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Brunilda

7 months ago

It's definitely uid.

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Daniel

8 months ago

I feel like it could be "gid" too, but that doesn't seem right for this context. I’ll go with "uid".

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Lizette

8 months ago

I practiced a similar question before, and I think "uid" was the right answer for setting user permissions.

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Wilburn

8 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about "user" options in fstab. Could it be "uid"?

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Tomoko

8 months ago

I think the missing keyword might be "uid" since it sets the user ID for the device.

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Leslie

9 months ago

Hmm, I'm a bit confused. Is it 'user=fred' or 'owner=fred'? I know it has something to do with setting the user permissions, but I'm not 100% sure which option is correct.

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Jerlene

9 months ago

I got this! The missing keyword is 'owner=fred'. That should set the owner of the mount point to the user fred, allowing them to write to the USB flash drive.

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Malcolm

9 months ago

Okay, let me think this through. The 'users' option allows any user to mount the device, but we need to specify the user who can write to it. I'm pretty sure the missing keyword is 'uid=fred'.

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Elden

9 months ago

Ugh, I'm not sure about this one. The question mentions 'users' as an option, so maybe that's what we need? Or is it something else related to permissions?

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