How do I set the time of day for logwatch?

[gene heskett]

On 6/20/25 20:01, bruce wrote:
> 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.
Does anacron have its own list of jobs?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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