I had to reboot to get it to rebuild /etc/crontab. I waited a day first and it didn't rebuild. Ps. dont forget to delete the 'backup', after you edit crontab.logging there will be a backup made of crontab.logging~ which you should remove since otherwise you will get the events run 2x as both files are inserted into the crafted crontab file.Ĭreate a new file in /etc called crontab.custom or similar (I used crontab.myinitials)Ġ5 * * * * root /usr/sbin/ddclient -daemon 0 -file /etc/ddclient/nf This will cause it to be built into the crontab and run daily at 5:30 etc. you can google crontab syntax for more details on this if you like. Hope that clears up a way to add your own timed things via the cli.just watch after an up2date that your lines are still there, if not you will have to re-add them. Also, you could just create crontab.custom which wouldn't be overwritten, but i havent tried that lately to see if we parse with crontab.* or an actual list of specified files. The crontab is actually 'built' at certain intervals via the various crontab.* files. Such as these files can often be replaced/built via up2dates, so if you have something custom you want to run as part of a certain process, simply add it like:ģ0 5 0 0 0 root /home/login/yourscript (eg) I'm trying cron.hourly now, but I'm not certain Astaro actually runs anything out of there. If not, /etc/crontab could be adjusted.ĭisclaimer: if you have an Astaro support contract, messing with the command line may void your support. I set up the config file last week, and #2 did work, but I just noticed today that #3 didn't work after a reboot. usr/sbin/ddclient -daemon 0 -file /etc/ddclient/nf usr/sbin/ddclient -file /etc/ddclient/nfģ. try to put it in the Astaro startup. if you do, remove the '-daemon 0' option from the command line. I tried putting it at the end of /etc/init.d/beeps but that didn't work.Ĥ. put a script in /etc/cron.hourly which contains: If that works, then you have several choices, depending upon how often your IP changes:ġ. run manually as needed, using above commandĢ. start the service manually after an Astaro restart

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