My \"/etc/passwd\" file has these two lines in it: root: x: 0:0:System Administr

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My "/etc/passwd" file has these two lines in it: root: x: 0:0:System Administrator:ar oot:insh spare: x: 0: 0: Extra:/var/root:/bi n/bash You cannot log in as "root" on this machine because the password is not set. You cannot log in as "spare" on this machine because the password is not set. Logging in as "root" will start a copy of "/bin/bash". B User "root" and user "spare" are actually considered to be the same user. Trust me "E" is not the right answer. But I can't come up with anything to put for answer "E", so I just typed this instead.

Explanation / Answer

From the above given options, it can be seen that the user id and group id of both the users root, and spare are 0.

Therefore, the answer to the question is:

D. User "root", and user "spare" are actually considered to be the same user.

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