Distributing initial files to new homes | LPIC-1 102-500 Exam original practice question

107.1Standard

Make a common .profile and initial configuration copy into future homes created with useradd -m.

Which location should be edited?

Hint 1: Focus on the requirement

Identify what must change and what must remain unchanged. Then choose the command whose scope matches that requirement.

Hint 2: Check each command's role

Separate commands that display information, change state, remove data, or affect a child process.

/etc/profile.d/: Incorrect. /etc/profile.d contains system profile fragments, not home templates.
/var/lib/users/: Incorrect. /var/lib/users is not the standard user-home template.
/usr/share/home/: Incorrect. /usr/share/home is not useradd's default template location.
/etc/skel/: Correct. /etc/skel is copied into new homes.

Detailed explanation

Incorrect/etc/profile.d/

Incorrect. /etc/profile.d contains system profile fragments, not home templates.

Incorrect/var/lib/users/

Incorrect. /var/lib/users is not the standard user-home template.

Incorrect/usr/share/home/

Incorrect. /usr/share/home is not useradd's default template location.

Correct/etc/skel/

Correct. /etc/skel is copied into new homes.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

find /etc/skel -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -printf '%f\n' 2>/dev/null | sort

環境に応じて.profileや.bashrc等

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-107-672

EnvironmentLinux / /etc/skel読取のみ

Last technical review2026-08-13