CORRECT TEXT
User rick has been suspended from your company and you wish to lock his account to stop
anyone using it. Type in the simplest command to do this
Answer: passwd -l rick
Explanation:
We can lock the user account either usermod or passwd command.
#usermod –l username : Which locks the user account
#usermod –u username : which unlocaks the user account
It is uper case -L
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Confirm: uppercase -L is for locking an acoount. Small -l is for changing the login to a new login.
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passwd -l (small)
usermod -L (caps)
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