Exam XK0-004 topic 1 question 181 discussion

Actual exam question from CompTIA's XK0-004

Question #: 181
Topic #: 1

A junior systems administrator is tasked with providing the network_administrators group the ability to perform sudo without prompting for a password.
Which of the following steps should the administrator perform to accomplish this task? (Choose two.)

A. Use visudo to edit the /etc/sudoers file and add network_administrators to the ג€wheelג€ group
B. Use vi to edit the /etc/sudo file and add network_administrators to the ג€wheelג€ group
C. Provide all network_administrators with the ג€rootג€ account password
D. Add the network_administrators ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL directive to the /etc/sudoers file
E. Add the network_administrators =(ALL) NOEXEC: ALL directive to the /etc/sudoers file

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Suggested Answer: CD 🗳️

by vijaycujo at Dec. 5, 2020, 5:24 p.m.

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sanspulp

Highly Voted 4 years, 7 months ago

I think it's A and D as the network_administrators group would need to be part of "wheel" to perform sudo tasks... C is not valid as you're trying to eliminate the need for the password in the first place!

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Dreydrey

Most Recent 3 years, 3 months ago

people who are saying A, how do you add members to a group via visudo? I understand A and D are the only answers that make sense but am still to know how to add members to a group via that sudoers file

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RichardJRL

3 years, 3 months ago

The relevant admins are already members of the 'network_administrators' group, you're not adding them to a group using visudo, you're adding their already established group to the file.

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luken7777

2 years ago

visudo /etc/sudoers and then you need to add that line somewhere in the file: network_administrators ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

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Sfutrell

4 years, 4 months ago

A and D are correct, once you add the group to the wheel group, you use the ALL directive which applies to the wheel group, allowing users to run ALL commands defined there, it should already be in the file, just commented out.

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vijaycujo

4 years, 7 months ago

https://www.tecmint.com/run-sudo-command-without-password-linux/

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