Question 210
During validation, this problem was found: A daily cron entry repeats the task on subsequent days. The original goal was: A maintenance task should execute only once at 15:00 tomorrow rather than repeat daily. Which targeted correction best resolves it?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Use at with the specified time and remove the unnecessary recurring cron entry. It directly addresses the observed symptom: A daily cron entry repeats the task on subsequent days. The relevant mechanism is at queues a one-time command, whereas cron expresses recurring schedules.
Incorrect Answers
This fix is aimed at The user field was omitted, causing the cron line to be parsed incorrectly. and would be relevant if An administrator must place a centrally managed cron job in /etc/crontab and specify the account that runs it. The incident instead states A daily cron entry repeats the task on subsequent days. and needs Use at with the specified time and remove the unnecessary recurring cron entry.
This fix is aimed at Looking at systemctl list-units for services alone omits timer schedule data. and would be relevant if An administrator wants to know the next activation time and last run of all systemd timers. The incident instead states A daily cron entry repeats the task on subsequent days. and needs Use at with the specified time and remove the unnecessary recurring cron entry.
This fix is aimed at The team edited at.deny but a restrictive at.allow still controls access. and would be relevant if A batch team must deny certain users one-time at scheduling while allowing designated operators. The incident instead states A daily cron entry repeats the task on subsequent days. and needs Use at with the specified time and remove the unnecessary recurring cron entry.






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