Explain how you can specify which users are allowed to create cron jobs and which are not.

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You can specify which users are allowed to create cron jobs and which aren't by creating the following two files:
•  /etc/cron.allow. Users listed in this file can create cron jobs.
•  /etc/cron.deny. Users who are not listed in this file can create cron jobs.
By default, the /etc/cron.deny file already exists with its own entries, including the following:
•  guest
•  gast
If the /etc/cron.allow file exists, it is the only file evaluated; /etc/cron.deny will be ignored in this situation. If neither of these files exists, only the root user is allowed to define user cron jobs.

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