is ntp deamon installed with the iso dist by default?
if so, how can i tell the deamon to doit every minute?

thanks, I´m really desperate with the vmware server clock issue.

slamp slamp escribió:
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
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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.


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