If neither /etc/cron.allow nor /etc/cron.deny exists, what is the default behavior for user crontab access?

Users must be in the wheel group.

All users are allowed to create crontabs.

A company policy requires that only members of the 'ops' group can create crontabs. The system currently has no cron access control files. What should the administrator do?

Add the ops group to /etc/cron.allow.

Create /etc/cron.deny and list all users not in the ops group.

Set the setgid bit on the crontab command.

Create /etc/cron.allow and list each member of the ops group.

An administrator needs to add a job that runs as the 'backup' user every Sunday at 2:00 AM. The job should be managed by the backup user, not by root. What is the correct command to create this job?

echo "0 2 * * 0 /path/to/script" > /etc/crontab

A FreeBSD administrator wants to disable the daily 'cleanup' periodic script but keep all other daily scripts running. Which configuration change accomplishes this?

Set daily_status_enable="NO" in /etc/periodic.conf

Remove the daily_cleanup script from /etc/periodic/daily/

Comment out the daily_cleanup line in /etc/crontab

Set daily_cleanup_enable="NO" in /etc/periodic.conf

LPI BSD Specialist

Domain 3Objective 2

713.2 Automate System Administration Tasks by Scheduling Jobs (weight: 2) BSD-SPECIALIST Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Topic 713: Basic BSD System Administration domain, which makes up ~22% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~8–13 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 24 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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1foundation · easy
If neither /etc/cron.allow nor /etc/cron.deny exists, what is the default behavior for user crontab access?
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2foundation · easy
Which file, if present, allows only the users listed in it to use crontab?
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3application · medium
A company policy requires that only members of the 'ops' group can create crontabs. The system currently has no cron access control files. What should the administrator do?
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4application · medium
An administrator needs to add a job that runs as the 'backup' user every Sunday at 2:00 AM. The job should be managed by the backup user, not by root. What is the correct command to create this job?
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5application · medium
A FreeBSD administrator wants to disable the daily 'cleanup' periodic script but keep all other daily scripts running. Which configuration change accomplishes this?
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