13.7. Exercises

The following exercises provide sample topics for self study. They will help ensure comprehension of this chapter.

  1. Add a new user account (james) and try to log in to the new account. Can you log in without creating a password for this account?

  2. Create a password for a newly created user account (james).

  3. You want all the users to get the following message when they log in:

    ***************************************************************************
Please assemble in the meeting room at 13:00 hrs on Nov.20,2001
****************************************************************************

    Which file needs to be edited to contain this message so that the message is displayed when a user logs in?

  4. Move the file /etc/utmp to /etc/wtmp.org. ...

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