What is `-p` used for `cron`?

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In cron's manpage (cronie)



-p Allows Cron to accept any user set crontables.


I learned that cron daemon will implicitly search for and run the cron jobs defined in /etc/crontab, /etc/cron.d/* and /var/spool/cron/cronstabs/*.



What is -p used for?



Is it to explicitly tell cron to search for and run the cron jobs defined in a crontab file which is stored in some place other than those mentioned above?



Or is it to copy a crontab file stored in some place other than those mentioned above to one of the places mentioned above?



Does the cron on Debian or its derivatives have -p option? I don't find -p on the manpage of cron on Ubuntu.



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    In cron's manpage (cronie)



    -p Allows Cron to accept any user set crontables.


    I learned that cron daemon will implicitly search for and run the cron jobs defined in /etc/crontab, /etc/cron.d/* and /var/spool/cron/cronstabs/*.



    What is -p used for?



    Is it to explicitly tell cron to search for and run the cron jobs defined in a crontab file which is stored in some place other than those mentioned above?



    Or is it to copy a crontab file stored in some place other than those mentioned above to one of the places mentioned above?



    Does the cron on Debian or its derivatives have -p option? I don't find -p on the manpage of cron on Ubuntu.



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      In cron's manpage (cronie)



      -p Allows Cron to accept any user set crontables.


      I learned that cron daemon will implicitly search for and run the cron jobs defined in /etc/crontab, /etc/cron.d/* and /var/spool/cron/cronstabs/*.



      What is -p used for?



      Is it to explicitly tell cron to search for and run the cron jobs defined in a crontab file which is stored in some place other than those mentioned above?



      Or is it to copy a crontab file stored in some place other than those mentioned above to one of the places mentioned above?



      Does the cron on Debian or its derivatives have -p option? I don't find -p on the manpage of cron on Ubuntu.



      Thanks.









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      In cron's manpage (cronie)



      -p Allows Cron to accept any user set crontables.


      I learned that cron daemon will implicitly search for and run the cron jobs defined in /etc/crontab, /etc/cron.d/* and /var/spool/cron/cronstabs/*.



      What is -p used for?



      Is it to explicitly tell cron to search for and run the cron jobs defined in a crontab file which is stored in some place other than those mentioned above?



      Or is it to copy a crontab file stored in some place other than those mentioned above to one of the places mentioned above?



      Does the cron on Debian or its derivatives have -p option? I don't find -p on the manpage of cron on Ubuntu.



      Thanks.







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