How does cron know the proper EUID to use when running commands in a user's crontab file? The /etc/crontab file? How can you force the cron daemon to update its crontable in memory? (hint: look at last week's lecture on signals and processes and find the signal that causes a daemon to reload its configuration)

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  1. How does cron know the proper EUID to use when running commands in a user's crontab file? The /etc/crontab file?
  2. How can you force the cron daemon to update its crontable in memory? (hint: look at last week's lecture on signals and processes and find the signal that causes a daemon to reload its configuration)
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