How do I set the time of day for logwatch?

[Jon LaBadie]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 03:10:00PM -0400, Robert Moskowitz via ubuntu-users 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.
>
Put a crontab "like" file for logwatch in /etc/cron.d.

I say "like" as it has an extra field for which user the
job should run as.  Ex. logcheck does not like to be run
as "root" so the crontab for logcheck in /etc/cron.d
specifies user "logcheck".

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Jon H. LaBadie                  ubu at labadie.us