Espen is a Linux systems administrator. She has recently received new responsibilities,
and is looking for default system profile files for all users on the system. If the current
administrator kept the files in the default location, where will Espen find the files?
A.
/etc/shadow
B.
/usr/sbin
C.
/etc/skell
D.
/etc/profile
Explanation:
/etc/skell contains generic files for everyone. Default files for users are
stored here.
Incorrect Answers:
A: /etc/shadow is used when shadow passwords are used. The original passwords aremoved to
the shadow file, and in the /etc/passwd file the passwords are replaced with x’s.
B: /usr/sbin contains system binaries, where system commands and services are stored.
D: /etc/profile is used to store system-wide parameters including environment variables.