User and Group Accounts

CompTIA Linux+ Domain:

Domain 3.0: Security

CompTIA Linux+ Objective:

Objective 3.1: Given a scenario, apply or acquire the appropriate user and/or group permissions and ownership. 
 

Overview

You will be learning about the foundations of managing user and group accounts of Linux+. By performing this lab, students will learn how to use/manage user and group accounts.

outcomes:

In this lab, you will learn to:

  1. Explore user and group databases.
  2. Create and modify group accounts.
  3. Create and modify user accounts, including password aging policies.
  4. Create special accounts.
Courses

Key terms and descriptions

group database
The location where groups are stored in Linux
user database
The location where user names and passwords are stored in Linux