How do I set the time of day for logwatch?

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 6/20/25 4:20 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
> 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,

they are all on ET.  But they are firing off at different hours. Between 
2am - 7am.

And it is controlled in /etc/crontab, however the time of day was 
selected based, I suspect, on when I built the systems.

>
> 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
>>
>>
>