Cron & Ntpdate/rdate

[bam]

so if cron runs as root, I can have it run a ntpdate/rdate job. Theoretically

I have this
*/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/rdate -s 132.163.4.102
also tried
*/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/ntpdate 132.163.4.102

in my crontab, and it installs correctly, the /var/cron/log shows its running and what its running, so why isnt my date adjusting as it should? Any ideas, Its gotta be something small I am missing.

[speculatrix]

so if cron runs as root, I can have it run a ntpdate/rdate job. Theoretically

I have this
*/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/rdate -s 132.163.4.102
also tried
*/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/ntpdate 132.163.4.102

in my crontab, and it installs correctly, the /var/cron/log shows its running and what its running, so why isnt my date adjusting as it should? Any ideas, Its gotta be something small I am missing.
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that isn't necessarily the right format for cron. try

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/ntpdate 132.163.4.102 > /var/log/ntpdate.cron.log 2>&1

and see what you see in /var/log/ntpdate.cron.log when it runs.

might be worth writing a script to try "ping" before doing the ntpdate to verify the network is up.