schedulting commands Flashcards
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what does the at daemond (atd) do?
allows you to schedule a command that will only happen once in the future
what does the cron command do?
allows you schedule a command that happens repeatably
true or false | if the /etc/at.allow and the /etc/at.deny do not exist all users are allowed to schedule tasking using the at daemon?
FALSE only the root user can do it
how do you allow users to use the at daemon?
by makeing the /etc/at.allow and add the users that you want to be allow to do it
how do you deny users to use the at daemon and what does denying cause?
by adding them to the /etc/at.deny
it causes all users not in /etc.at,deny to be allowed to use the at daemon
what happens if both /etc/at.deny and /etc/at.deny exist
only /etc/at.allow is used
true or false | on fedora only the /etc/at.deny is left on default which allows all users to use the at daemon?
true
true or false on ubuntu systems only the /etc/at.deny exist but list daemon users accounts in which allows only the root user to use at daemons
FALSE while the /etc/at.deny exists by default and does have daemon users listed in it . IT DOES NOT only make the root user be able to use the at daemon but other regular users as well