Re: ntpdate & script to update host at random time
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:36:41AM -0400, jmr_071769 wrote:
> hello again with a debian question.
>
> i'd like to be able to have a few machines 'apt-get update' themselves
> at a random time near/around midnight. how can i go about this with
> another easy script?
>
A random time around midnight? You could write a crontab that runs at
23:50 and begins with "sleep $(( RANDOM % 1200 ))"
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