How do I set the time of day for logwatch?

[bruce]

or, perhaps he did the best he could with his scope of knowledge.

how would you have phrased the question/problem statement?

thanks

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM Robert Moskowitz via ubuntu-users
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Earlier you said:
>
>     > I can't find where this is controlled.  it is not crontab.
>
> An accurate problem statement would go a long way to help with answers.
>
> Jeff
>
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