[vox-tech] cron - not at a different time

[Ken Bloom]

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On 2004.03.03 09:18, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> On Wed 03 Mar 04,  9:00 AM, Ken Bloom <kabloom@ucdavis.edu> said:
> >
> > On 2004.03.03 04:38, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > >cron is running sometime around 7:30am:
> > >
> > > 8646 ?        SN     0:00 run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
> > > 8651 ?        SN     0:00 /bin/sh /etc/cron.daily/checksecurity
> > > 8678 ?        SN     0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/sbin/checksecurity
> > > 8714 ?        SN     0:00 /bin/sh
> /usr/share/checksecurity/check-setuid
> > > 8724 ?        RN     0:06 find / /boot /var /usr/local /home /data
> -xdev
> > >( -fal
> > > 8725 ?        SN     0:00 sort
> > > 8733 ?        R      0:00 xterm -class UXTerm -title uxterm -u8
> > >p@satan$ date
> > >Wed Mar 03  7:37 AM
> > >
> > >
> > >yet, i think it should at 4:25am if i have my fields correct:
> > >
> > >
> > >SHELL=3D/bin/sh
> > >PATH=3D/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> > >
> > >17 * * * * root  run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
> > >25 4 * * * 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.monthly
> > >
> > >
> > >why is the daily cron running at 7:30am?
> >
> > What time did you start up the machine? The cron jobs will run through
> > anacron shortly after startup if they haven't been run in a certain =20
> time
>=20
> > period. Seeing as how my computer is always shutdown at 4:25am, my =20
> daily
>=20
> > cronjobs always run shortly after I start up. If I started up the
> machine
> > at 7:25, they'd run at about 7:30.
>=20
> ken, that's a good guess.  unfortunately, this machine has been up ever
> since i replaced the CPU fans (one of which died, and the other one
> sounded like a wailing ghost).  that was about 12 days ago...

I know you recently moved from Davis to the east coast. Did you remember to=
 =20
change the timezone on the machine when you moved?

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