How do I set the time of day for logwatch?

[Robert Heller]

It is handled by cron, with a configfile placed in /etc/cron.daily.  There 
isn't a config option for the *time*.  I think it depends on what else is in 
that directory -- eg what other daily jobs are set up.

Note: do you have all of your machines on the same time?  Including the same 
local time (/etc/localtime link)?  If they are and all have more or less the 
same tasks in /etc/cron.daily, the logwatches should all fire up at about the 
same time,

At Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:10:00 -0400 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Each of my new servers are running logwatch at a different time, and I 
> can't find where this is controlled.  it is not crontab.
> 
> I would like them all to run within a tight time window.
> 
> thanks
> 
> 

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