Re: [arch-general] Best way to adjust cron.daily or updatedb execution time? (root's crontab?)

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 03:26:40PM -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:

Guys,

What is the best way to set the cron.daily items to run at 3 am. Currently they run at 3 pm which is a pain. I have checked the cron.daily entries and the other /etc/cron.x directories, but I can't find a time setting anywhere. I have checked man crond and crontab, but I didn't find a reference to setting the execution time globally for cron.daily stuff. I have added an entry to root's crontab:

0 3 * * * /root/cron/cron-daily

Is this where this needs to go?

-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Try two digit numbers: 00 03 * * * and is your directory /etc/cron-daily or /etc/cron.daily? t