Bug Hunter wrote:
> I'm trying to run rdate as root from a machine on a network under a cron
> job.
>
> if I log in and su -l to root and run
>
> rdate -s clock.psu.edu
>
> it works. If I run it as a cron job, I get
>
> rdate: connection refused
>
> in the output of the cron job. I've tried other servers. same result
>
> Any ideas?
>
> bug
try
rdate -s clock.psu.edu &
I bet it is timing out as far as cron is concerned
Civileme
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