The cron entry is 41 * * * * /root/set-the-time set-the-time (which works!) is !/bin/sh # # Set the time from IPCOP box # ntpdate ipcop3 hwclock --systohc Ipcop3 is obviously my network firewall by the way set-the-time and the crontab entry are both owned and run by root -- kpeil