RedHat EX200 Exam - Topic 3 Question 43 Discussion

Actual exam question for RedHat's EX200 exam

Question #: 43
Topic #: 3

Part 1 (on Node1 Server)

Task 9 [Managing Files from the Command Line]

Search the string nologin in the /etc/passwd file and save the output in /root/strings

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[root@node1 ~]# cat /etc/passwd | grep nologin > /root/strings
[root@node1 ~]# cat /root/strings
bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin
adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/sbin/nologin
lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/sbin/nologin
mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/sbin/nologin

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Candra

4 months ago

Is it really safe to mess with /etc/passwd?

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Nikita

4 months ago

Nice, I didn't know nologin was listed like that!

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Destiny

4 months ago

Wait, why are we saving it in /root? Seems risky.

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Lashawnda

4 months ago

Totally agree, easy peasy!

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Jamal

4 months ago

Just a simple grep command!

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Melodie

5 months ago

I recall we practiced something like this, but I can't remember if we needed to check permissions for the /root directory before writing the output.

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Ryan

5 months ago

I’m a bit confused about the output redirection part. Is it just the '>' symbol that we use to save the output?

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Tamesha

5 months ago

This seems similar to a practice question we did on searching user accounts. I feel confident about using cat and grep together.

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Armanda

5 months ago

I think I remember using grep to search through files, but I'm not entirely sure about the syntax for redirecting the output.

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Sherill

5 months ago

Whoa, this is a lot of steps! I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed trying to remember all the different commands. Maybe I should jot down some notes to refer to during the exam.

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Winfred

5 months ago

Hmm, I'm a bit unsure about this one. I'll need to closely examine the code in each option to determine which one will display the correct message.

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