Identifying the user crontab spool | LinuC Level 1 102 Exam original practice question

1.08.2Basic

Locate the spool area where per-user crontabs are managed.

Which path is appropriate?

Hint 1: Focus on the scheduling model

Separate recurring schedules, one-time jobs, access-control files, and catch-up behavior before comparing the commands or settings.

Hint 2: Key terms

Review the short definitions of recurring schedules, one-time jobs, access-control files, and catch-up behavior involved.

User crontab spool: The filesystem area where per-user crontab data is maintained by the cron implementation.
/var/spool/cron: A conventional parent directory for per-user crontab spool files.
/etc/cron.d: A directory for system-format cron files that include an execution user.
/etc/anacrontab: The system configuration file for anacron periodic jobs.
/etc/at.allow: An access-control file listing users permitted to submit at jobs when present.

Detailed explanation

Incorrect/etc/cron.d/

Incorrect. /etc/cron.d contains administrator-managed system crontab files.

Correct/var/spool/cron/

Correct. It is the conventional per-user crontab spool area.

Incorrect/etc/anacrontab

Incorrect. /etc/anacrontab configures anacron.

Incorrect/etc/at.allow

Incorrect. /etc/at.allow controls at access.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

printf '%s
' /var/spool/cron/

/var/spool/cron/

Foundation review

A scheduler for recurring jobs described by a time-field table.

A scheduler for one-time jobs queued for a specified time.

A scheduler that can run periodic jobs after a system was unavailable.

Question IDKL-102-1054

Environmentprintf / ファイルシステム変更なし

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