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Consider this line from the password file: 
 gordon:x:500:501:Gordon Russell:/root:/bin/bash
What is the group id?
A.Gordon Russell
B.gordon
C.x
D.500
E.501
Incorrect Answer This is the so-called "finger" information. This has nothing to do with the group id... it is not even a number after all!
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Incorrect Answer The first field, gordon, is the text name of the user and not the group id.
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Incorrect Answer The x in field 2 indicates where the encrypted password used to be stored before it was moved to /etc/shadow. It has nothing to do with the group id.
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Incorrect Answer 500, which is the third field, is the UID or user id.
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Correct Answer The fourth field is indeed the group id or gid.
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