Which of the following is causing the issue?

When trying to log in remotely to a server, a user receives the following message:

The server administrator is investigating the issue on the server and receives the following outputs:

Which of the following is causing the issue?
A . The wrong permissions are on the user’s home directory.
B . The account was locked out due to three failed logins.
C . The user entered the wrong password.
D . The user has the wrong shell assigned to the account.

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Answer: D

Explanation:

The user has the wrong shell assigned to the account, which is causing the issue. The output 1 shows that the user’s shell is set to /bin/false, which is not a valid shell and will prevent the user from logging in. The output 2 shows that the user’s home directory has the correct permissions (drwxr-xr-x), and the output 3 shows that the user entered the correct password and was accepted by the SSH daemon, but the session was closed immediately due to the invalid shell. The other options are incorrect because they are not supported by the outputs.

Reference: CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Certification Study Guide, Chapter 13: Managing Network Services, page 413.