Wisiwyg wrote

Quick question on cron...

I made the change to update ntp each midnight a couple of days ago. Then today noticed that it was back to updating every 10 seconds. I made the change in the GUI, then checked the file contents of /etc/crontabs/root and it reflects the proper change to 0 0 * * *. I had checked this the first time I edited it and it read correctly.

What would be the reason it reverted to the /10 setting? Would a reboot do it? TIA

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cron_seed() {
        # local cronstuff='*/'"$INTERVALMINUTES"' * * * *'              # ITUS ($INTERVALMINUTS = 10)
        local cronstuff='0 0 * * *'                                     # run at midnight
        local reset="/etc/init.d/ntpclient restart"

        cron_clean

        crontab -l >&- 2>&-
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                crontab -l | sed -e '$a\'"$cronstuff $(ntpcommand) || $reset" | crontab -
        else
                echo "$cronstuff $(ntpcommand) || $reset" | crontab -
        fi
        [ -L /var/spool/cron/crontabs ] || /etc/init.d/cron restart >&- 2>&-
}
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