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Managing File Ownership and Permissions

In this hands-on lab, we will practice managing Linux file and directory ownership and permissions. Having a solid understanding of ownership and permissions is a fundamental skill for Linux systems administration.

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Path Info

Level

Beginner

Duration

1h 45m

Published

Jul 17, 2019

Challenge

Lock Bill's, Susan's, and Juan’s Accounts
1. Run the following command:
```
for i in bill susan juan; do sudo passwd -l $i; done
```
Challenge

Create Accounts for Nancy, Greg, and Jeremy
1. Run the following commands:
```
sudo useradd -m nancy
```
```
sudo useradd -m greg
```
```
sudo useradd -m jeremy
```
Challenge

Remove Bill as a User and Transfer Ownership of his Home Directory
1. Remove the user bill.
```
sudo userdel bill
```
1. Change the ownership of Bill's home directory (recursively) to the user nancy and the group jason.
```
sudo chown -R nancy:jason /home/bill
```
1. Change the mode of the directory to grant read and execute permissions to the group.
```
sudo chmod g+rx /home/bill
```
Challenge

Remove Susan as a User and Transfer Ownership of her Home Directory
1. Remove the user susan.
```
sudo userdel susan
```
1. Change the ownership of Susan's home directory (recursively) to the user greg and the group jason.
```
sudo chown -R greg:jason /home/susan
```
1. Change the mode of the directory to grant read and execute permissions to the group.
```
sudo chmod g+rx /home/susan
```
Challenge

Remove Juan as a User and Transfer Ownership of His Home Directory
1. Remove the user juan.
```
sudo userdel juan
```
1. Change the ownership of Juan's home directory (recursively) to the user jeremy and the group sally.
```
sudo chown -R jeremy:sally /home/juan
```
1. Change the mode of the directory to grant read and execute permissions to the group.
```
sudo chmod g+rx /home/juan
```

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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