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Create a User Account

easy 10 XP ~5 minHands-on lab

A new operator joins the on-call rotation and needs an account on this host. They will log in with SSH keys only, so password logins must be impossible.

Task

Create the user account with these properties:

PropertyValue
Usernamenina
Login shell/bin/bash
Home directory/home/nina (must exist and belong to the user)
Primary groupnina
Secondary groupsplatform and operators
Passwordlocked

About this machine

Ubuntu 24.04 with no internet access. You are student with passwordless sudo. The grader checks the final state of the machine, not the commands you typed. Values like names and ports are generated for you.

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