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1Z0-877 · Question #118

Up to now, your users have been allowed to use cron for their own use. Because some users have abused the system, you want to block the use of cron by all users, except root. The following files…

The correct answer is C. Remove the crontabs associated with each offending user in the /var/spool/cron/crontabs. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

Up to now, your users have been allowed to use cron for their own use. Because some users have abused the system, you want to block the use of cron by all users, except root. The following files exist on your system:

What should you do to block all users, except root, from creating and running cron jobs?

Options

  • ARemove the crontabs associated with each user in the /var/spool/cron/crontabs directory.
  • BWrite protect the crontabs associated with each user in the /var/spool/cron/crontabs directory.
  • CRemove the crontabs associated with each offending user in the /var/spool/cron/crontabs

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