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ou are developing a Bash script to automate the management of user accounts on a Linux server. Your script needs to create a new user with a specified username, generate a random password, and assign that user to a specific group. What command sequence will achieve this while ensuring the password is securely stored?1.0 Marksread -p "Enter username: " usernamepassword=$(openssl rand -base64 12)group="mygroup"useradd $username -g $groupecho "$username:$password" | chpasswdusername="newuser"group="mygroup"password=$(openssl rand -base64 12)useradd $username -g $group -p $passwordusername="newuser"group="mygroup"useradd $username -g $grouppasswd $usernameusername="newuser"group="mygroup"password=$(openssl rand -base64 12)useradd $username -g $groupusermod -p $password $usernameread -p "Enter username: " usernamegroup="mygroup"useradd $username -g $grouppasswd -e $username

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ou are developing a Bash script to automate the management of user accounts on a Linux server. Your script needs to create a new user with a specified username, generate a random password, and assign that user to a specific group. What command sequence will achieve this while ensuring the password is securely stored?1.0 Marksread -p "Enter username: " usernamepassword=(opensslrandbase6412)group="mygroup"useradd(openssl rand -base64 12)group="mygroup"useradd username -g groupecho"groupecho "username:password"chpasswdusername="newuser"group="mygroup"password=password" | chpasswdusername="newuser"group="mygroup"password=(openssl rand -base64 12)useradd usernamegusername -g group -p passwordusername="newuser"group="mygroup"useraddpasswordusername="newuser"group="mygroup"useradd username -g grouppasswdgrouppasswd usernameusername="newuser"group="mygroup"password=(opensslrandbase6412)useradd(openssl rand -base64 12)useradd username -g groupusermodpgroupusermod -p password usernamereadp"Enterusername:"usernamegroup="mygroup"useraddusernameread -p "Enter username: " usernamegroup="mygroup"useradd username -g grouppasswdegrouppasswd -e username

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The correct sequence of commands to achieve this task would be:

  1. Prompt for the username:
read -p "Enter username: " username
  1. Generate a random password:
password=$(openssl rand -base64 12)
  1. Specify the group:
group="mygroup"
  1. Create the new user and assign them to the specified group:
useradd $username -g $group
  1. Securely store the password:
echo "$username:$password" | chpasswd

This sequence of commands will create a new user with a specified username, generate a random password, assign the user to a specific group, and securely store the password.

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