well if you are concerned about time and want to update it every minute why not just run the ntp daemon? thats how i have mine setup.
On 8/26/07, Basura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you are right. * * * * * is every minute. In fact, if I change the > command to "echo x >> /txt" it writes a new line every minute at /txt, > but the "/usr/sbin/ntpdate time.nist.gov > /dev/null 2>&1 " dose not work. > > FK > > Jean-Paul van de Plasse escribió: > > Just curious why is it set to never run? > > * * * * * would normally be every minute.. > > > > JP > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake Vickers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 9:44 AM > > Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] cron not working as expected > > > > > >> Basura wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> My qmail is the latest qmailtoaster plus ISO. > >>> I need to run the following cron as root > >>> > >>> * * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate time.nist.gov > /dev/null 2>&1 > >>> > >>> "/usr/sbin/ntpdate time.nist.gov" is executed perfectly at the > >>> console, but as a cronjob using crontab it doesn´t work. > >>> > >> > >> It's set to never run. It needs to be something like: > >> 35 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate time.nist.gov > >> What I do on my machines is create a script: > >> > >> #!/usr/sh > >> # updatetime script > >> /usr/sbin/ntpdate time.nist.gov > >> > >> And drop it into my /etc/cron.hourly folder and make it executbale > >> (chmod +x /etc/cron.hourly/updatetime). > >> You shouldn't need to update the time more than once an hour. If it's > >> getting more than a couple thousandths of a second off in an hour you > >> either have a motherboard issue or one that has a REALLY cheap clock. > >> > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
