Hi

I've added this line to /etc/crontab, the system wide crontab file.
0 0 * * * root /usr/sbin/ntpdate -o 1 tock.usno.navy.mil
NTPDate sync's my machine's time with the above server's time.

The next line in the same file is:
5 0 * * * root date | mail root@localhost
This e-mails me the time

So, after the time is sync'd, I get an e-mail. Perfect!

The problem is, I get an e-mail with the date at 0:00, and another one at 15:00. I've tested this with other lines in the /etc/crontab file ("echo "test at noon" |mail) and again, I get two e-mails.

Anyone else have this problem?
Anyone know how to stop this?

When I started crond, I just did "sudo /etc/init.d/cron start"

Thanks,
- Ambrose