Re: cron, won't change time !

[Shawn Lamson <shawn.lamson@verizon.net>]

On Thu, July 24 at  8:13 AM EDT
David selby <debian@pusspaws.net> wrote:

># /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
># Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab'
># command to install the new version when you edit this file.
># This file also has a username field, that none of the other crontabs
>do.
>
>SHELL=/bin/sh
>PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>MAILTO=web
>
># m h dom mon dow user  command
>25 1    * * *   root    test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report
>
>/etc/cron.daily
>47 6    * * 7   root    test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report
>
>/etc/cron.weekly
>52 6    1 * *   root    test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report
>
>/etc/cron.monthl
>y
>#
>
>& changed cron.daily to 1:25 ... guess what 7:35 it executed ! I did a 
>/etc/init.d/cron restart, 7:35, I did a system re-boot, 7:35 !
>
>I checked out anacron, I don't see how this can have an effect
>
>Any Ideas what I am doing wrong ?

I think if you man 5 crontab it says in a comment in the ample file that
the directory /etc/cron.d is now used for anachron.  Edit the file
/etc/cron.d/anachron... to me this system is doubled up and I would
comment out the lines in the system wide crontab - maybe this is wrong
and someone can point out why?

Shawn Lamson
shawn.lamson@verizon.net