Sorry friends, We found that the problem is due to a wrong crontab entry. It runs fine with netdate! We have no problem now!
Vincent kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 10:22:47AM +0800, Tam, Vincent wrote: > > Hello, > > > > We put the netdate command in cron job to regular sync with NIST clock > > at time-a.nist.gov, however it only run once and never run again. > > What would be the cause of the problem? > > > > Our servers are running Debian 2.1 with latest updates fetched > > from apt-get. > > What's the crontab line, and why do you think it's running only once? > > My own crontab entry is below. Note that stdout is discarded: > > # 28 */6 * * * root /usr/sbin/ntpdate ntp.css.gov 1>/dev/null > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself > Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org > GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature