lab question: locate and copy file that defines user accounts.

300zle · 07-29-2015, 04:19 PM

I'm new to Linux and i have a question about the lab that i'm doing. The question is copy the file which contains all the user accounts on the system to a directory. Any ideas how to locate the user accounts on the system using the command line or other methods? I tried whereis etc/group and it gave me the file but i can't copy that to a sub directory. Please help.

dugan · 07-29-2015, 04:20 PM

/etc/password lists the user accounts and their home directories.

Tinkster · 07-29-2015, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by 300zle

I'm new to Linux and i have a question about the lab that i'm doing. The question is copy the file which contains all the user accounts on the system to a directory. Any ideas how to locate the user accounts on the system using the command line or other methods? I tried whereis etc/group and it gave me the file but i can't copy that to a sub directory. Please help.

You have not read/understood the question correctly.

It asks you to locate the file that holds account information and copy *THAT* *FILE*...

Code:

cp /etc/passwd .

This will copy the file to your current location in the file-system (the dot).

John VV · 07-29-2015, 05:02 PM

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Any ideas how to locate the user accounts on the system

what dose your textbook say it is ??????

you DID read the current chapter your were given to read ?

onebuck · 07-29-2015, 05:47 PM

Hi,

Welcome to LQ!

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Originally Posted by 300zle

I'm new to Linux and i have a question about the lab that i'm doing. The question is copy the file which contains all the user accounts on the system to a directory. Any ideas how to locate the user accounts on the system using the command line or other methods? I tried whereis etc/group and it gave me the file but i can't copy that to a sub directory. Please help.

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