Reading supplementary group members | LPIC-1 102-500 Exam original practice question

107.1Standard

Inspect an /etc/group record.

developers:x:1800:alice,bob

What does the fourth field represent?

Hint 1: Focus on account data

Separate account records, group membership, and home or shell attributes before comparing the commands.

Hint 2: Key terms

Review the short definitions of account records, groups, and login attributes.

/etc/group: The group database containing group names, GIDs, and supplementary members.
GID: The numeric identity used to identify a group.
Supplementary group: An additional group membership used in access checks besides the primary group.
Primary GID: The numeric primary-group attribute stored in a user's passwd record.

Detailed explanation

Incorrectグループ名

Incorrect. The group name is the first field.

IncorrectGID

Incorrect. The GID is the third field.

Correct補助グループとして所属するユーザーの一覧

Correct. The fourth field lists supplementary members.

Incorrectグループのホームディレクトリ

Incorrect. /etc/group has no group home-directory field.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

entry='developers:x:1800:alice,bob'; printf '%s\n' "$entry" | cut -d: -f4

alice,bob

Foundation review

Check whether the command acts on the current shell, a new process, an existing process, or a file.

Use the supplied command and compare the output with the expected result.

Question IDKP-107-663

EnvironmentPOSIXシェル / 合成レコード

Last technical review2026-08-13

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