I had the same problem with ntpdate... Putting the command into a script fixed it, so I suspect it was an environment problem of some sort..
ie: in the root cron: (Couple of times a weeek, at 2:06.. Dunno why) 2 6 * * 0,4 /root/cron/synctime The script: #!/bin/bash ntpserver="ntp.public.otago.ac.nz" /usr/sbin/ntpdate $ntpserver Cheers, Chris H. On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 09:22, Andrew Errington wrote: > What's wrong with this picture? > > Here is root's crontab: > > 10 3 * * * ntpdate ntp.public.otago.ac.nz > 10 3 * * * touch ~ame/rootwashere > > The first line is supposed to update the time every day at ten past three
