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Switching users

linux-security-linux-basics-basics | Level: Easy  | Total Lab Runs: 0 | Premium Lab

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Linux is a multi-user OS and supports user switching using su and sudo commands.


Objective: Learn about switching users by doing the following activities and answering questions:

    1. How many non-system/daemon users are present on the machine?
    2. What is the default shell for the student user?
      1. Which user is a member of the sudoers group?
        1. Does the user teacher have any sudo capabilities?
          1. Use sudo command to start SSH service from the student user.
            1. Switch to root user.
              1. As root user, add a new user “john” and add john to sudo group.
                1. As root user, add a new user “lara” and add entry in sudoers file to allow lara start SSH service without being prompted for the password.
                  1. As root user, launch a bash shell as user john (using su command).
                    1. As root user, delete user “john”.


                      Credentials


                      UsernamePassword
                      studentstudent



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