Linux user without home KodeKloud Engineer Task Success

Question :  The system admins team of xFusionCorp Industries has set up a new tool on all app servers, as they have a requirement to create a service user account that will be used by that tool. They are finished with all apps except for App Server 1 in Stratos Datacenter.

Create a user named javed in App Server 1 without a home directory

 Please Note :-  Perform the below commands based on your question  server,  user name & other details might differ . So please read task carefully before executing. All the Best 👍

Solution:  

1. At first login on app server given in task & Switch to  root user 

thor@jump_host /$ ssh tony@stapp01 The authenticity of host 'stapp01 (172.16.238.10)' can't be established. ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:RIRt2SqEVQ3yKDQ+cX5QLPw7mJNJhXUcT5Dpsy4GU1U. ECDSA key fingerprint is MD5:bd:f7:14:9e:c0:fd:41:0d:2d:e4:30:47:8a:34:35:ae. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added 'stapp01,172.16.238.10' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts. tony@stapp01's password: [tony@stapp01 ~]$ sudo su -  We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:      #1) Respect the privacy of others.     #2) Think before you type.     #3) With great power comes great responsibility.  [sudo] password for tony: [root@stapp01 ~]#

3. Check user javed is existed , if not then proceed with creation

[root@stapp01 ~]# id javed id: mohammed: no such user [root@stapp01 ~]# cat /etc/passwd |grep javed [root@stapp01 ~]#

4. create a user javed with below commands ( check user name in your task)     

[root@stapp01 ~]# useradd -M javed [root@stapp01 ~]#

5.  Validate the task by listing the file exist in  Home directory   

[root@stapp01 ~]# id javed uid=1002(javed) gid=1002(javed) groups=1002(javed) [root@stapp01 ~]# [root@stapp01 ~]# cat /etc/passwd |grep javed javed:x:1002:1002::/home/javed:/bin/bash [root@stapp01 ~]# [root@stapp01 ~]# ll /home total 8 drwx------ 1 ansible ansible 4096 Oct 15  2019 ansible drwx------ 1 tony    tony    4096 Jan 25  2020 tony [root@stapp01 ~]#

6. Click on Finish & Confirm to complete the task successful

Happy Learning!!!!

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