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On an HP-UX system, an empty cron.deny file exists but there is not a cron.allow file.Who can use cron in this situation?

  1. nobody

  2. only root

  3. everybody

  4. only system accounts
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C Correct answer
Explanation

On HP-UX, when cron.deny exists but is empty and cron.allow does not exist, all users can use cron. The deny file takes precedence, but since it's empty, no users are blocked. If only cron.allow existed, only listed users could use cron.

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