Using usermod, change the login shell of the existing account bob to /bin/zsh. Type the complete command (assume you are already root).
LPIC-1 Exam 102-500, objective 107. Administrative tasks medium
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Answer
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Accepted answers
usermod -s /bin/zsh bobusermod --shell /bin/zsh bobusermod -s /bin/zsh -- bobusermod bob -s /bin/zsh
Case sensitive — Linux is, and grading LS as ls would teach a falsehood.
Why
`usermod -s SHELL LOGIN` rewrites the seventh field of the user's line in /etc/passwd. The user-facing equivalent is `chsh -s /bin/zsh`, which an ordinary user may run on their own account but which only accepts shells listed in /etc/shells. usermod, run as root, has no such restriction. Note the case: -s sets the shell, uppercase -S is not a usermod option at all.
Where this comes from
- Cited
- LPI exam objective 107.1
- What it says
- Modify existing accounts, including the login shell.
Practise this
Reading one question is not practice. The trainer will draw a set from objective 107 and space the ones you get wrong.