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Question 25. CSCD240-E1-C

Print every line of auth.log containing "Failed password" (case-insensitive) with line numbers.

Work the drill

Answer on paper or in a terminal before revealing the ideal answer.

Ideal answer
grep -in 'Failed password' auth.log

Misconception bank

Each row below is a plausible wrong answer, the thinking that produces it, and the remedy that corrects the misconception. These are the foundation of the multiple-choice framing and the targeted feedback a student receives after answering.

grep 'Failed password' auth.log
Misconception. Missing -i and -n.
Remedy. Flag pair.

Authority mappings

Hover any chip for the mapping justification; click to open the authority record.

DCWF tasks: T0447
KU outcomes: CO-M9-O1
NCAE errors: WWW Content / failure: Failed to connect to hostWWW Content / timeout: TimeoutWWW Content / failure: Website cannot be reachedSSH Login / failure: Failed to connect to host: IPSSH Login / partial: The following users failed t.SSH Login / partial: The following users failed t.

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Lectures

  • CSCD240-S26-L08. Pipes, filters, grep, sort, uniq, wc, tar