[NTLUG:Discuss] ntpdate -vs- cron

[lee@brave.com]

On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Egome wrote:

> ntpdate[3103]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
> 
> 
> I've tried sending the output to /dev/null, ( /usr/sbin/ntpdate
> time.nist.gov >> /var/log/ntpdate.log > /dev/null ) but it still get's
> emailed to me.
> 
> Why does the command work from the command line but not as a cron job?

have you tried using /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s in your cron script?

my time.sh cron file looks like this:

#!/bin/bash
/usr/sbin/ntpdate -s time.nist.gov


and it works fine.  RedHat 6.2, btw.