Exam SY0-601 topic 1 question 753 discussion

Actual exam question from CompTIA's SY0-601

Question #: 753
Topic #: 1

A systems administrator is auditing all company servers to ensure they meet the minimum security baseline. While auditing a Linux server, the systems administrator observes the /etc/shadow file has permissions beyond the baseline recommendation. Which of the following commands should the systems administrator use to resolve this issue?

A. chmod
B. grep
C. dd
D. passwd

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

by ComPCertOn at Nov. 14, 2023, 8:23 p.m.

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_deleteme_

Highly Voted 1 year, 2 months ago

Passed my exam today friends, this Q was on there, I chose A. Also, all the PBQs were there as well.

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c97d37d

1 year, 2 months ago

How did you find it ? Do you think its better to focus from Q 600 onwards?

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RedDog2

Most Recent 1 year, 5 months ago

Selected Answer: A

The chmod, or change mode, command allows an administrator to set or modify a file's permissions. Every UNIX/Linux file has an owner user and an owner group attached to it, and every file has permissions associated with it.

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