An administrator needs to run all daily periodic scripts except the 'status' scripts to debug a performance issue. The daily scripts are named 100.cleanup, 200.status, 300.security, and 400.accounting. Which command runs only the cleanup, security, and accounting scripts?

periodic daily 100.cleanup 300.security 400.accounting

Set daily_status_enable="NO" in /etc/periodic.conf and run periodic daily

periodic daily | grep -v status

A FreeBSD administrator wants to ensure that the weekly periodic script that rotates log files runs at a specific time, not at the default time. What is the correct approach?

Edit /etc/crontab to change the schedule for the weekly periodic job.

Create a new crontab entry for the log rotation script.

Run periodic weekly manually at the desired time.

Set weekly_logrotate_enable="YES" in /etc/periodic.conf.

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713.2 Automate System Administration Tasks by Scheduling Jobs (weight: 2) BSD-SPECIALIST Practice Questions (Page 4)

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Questions 16–20

16foundation · easy
Which command is used to manually run a specific periodic system script, such as the daily scripts?
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17application · medium
An administrator wants to run only the monthly 'security' check script to verify a configuration change. The script is named 700.security. Which command should be used?
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18foundation · easy
Which command is used to edit the crontab of the current user?
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19expert · hard
An administrator needs to run all daily periodic scripts except the 'status' scripts to debug a performance issue. The daily scripts are named 100.cleanup, 200.status, 300.security, and 400.accounting. Which command runs only the cleanup, security, and accounting scripts?
Select an answer first
20application · medium
A FreeBSD administrator wants to ensure that the weekly periodic script that rotates log files runs at a specific time, not at the default time. What is the correct approach?
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Questions 16–20

Which command is used to manually run a specific periodic system script, such as the daily scripts?

An administrator wants to run only the monthly 'security' check script to verify a configuration change. The script is named 700.security. Which command should be used?

Which command is used to edit the crontab of the current user?

An administrator needs to run all daily periodic scripts except the 'status' scripts to debug a performance issue. The daily scripts are named 100.cleanup, 200.status, 300.security, and 400.accounting. Which command runs only the cleanup, security, and accounting scripts?

A FreeBSD administrator wants to ensure that the weekly periodic script that rotates log files runs at a specific time, not at the default time. What is the correct approach?

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