Yes, restarting crond would also work.... I have been working with windoze too long.... rebooting all the time is rubbing off.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Walt Mankowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 8:13 AM > To: 'Debian Users' > Subject: Re: TIME, DATE and CRON... trap for the unwary > > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 10:15:00AM +1000, Ian Perry wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Just came across a point about Time and Date and CRON which > could cause a > > problem for those who are unaware. > > > > If you have CRON running and you set back the Date or Time > backwards, CRON > > will not run until at least the old time has been reached again. > > > > A quick reboot solves the problem. > > Wouldn't restarting crond also work? > > Walt > >