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> I need to have cron change the date on a test server. Just for testing
> I tried the following: which I expected to change the date every 5
> min.

> I used vi to edit the /etc/crontab file as I was told to put it here
> to  make it permanent and reload upon booting.

>  # cat /etc/crontab
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> MAILTO=root
> HOME=/

> # run-parts
> 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
> 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

> ###### Here is what I have tried######

> 5 * * * * root /bin/date -s 2002-04-16

> *5 * * * * root /bin/date -s 2002-04-16

> I wanted to have the cron daemon, every 5 minutes to reset the date on
> the server to apr-16-2002. After I edit the /etc/crontab file I do
> load it via Crontab /etc/crontab.... then check it via crontab -l

> #crontab -l

> # run-parts
> 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
> 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

> 5 * * * * root /bin/date -s 2002-04-16

> *5 * * * * root /bin/date -s 2002-04-16

> I still cannot get it to work. The above is just a test but my goal is

> Any help would be appreciated. I have verified the daemon is running

> Ps -aucx | more shows it running

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