On Day 5 of the #90DaysOfDevOps challenge, the focus was on advanced Linux shell scripting and user management.
The author learned how to create 90 directories in a snap using a single command 'mkdir day{1..90}' and also created a custom directory creation script.
The importance of backups in DevOps was highlighted, with the author writing a backup script and planning to automate it using cron.
Linux user management was explored, with the author creating two new users and understanding the power of automation with cron.