lasermole
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well from what I can tell the turtle uses NTPD and gets a accurate time after booting up.
At this point I just want to know what correct command to input into cron to trigger a reboot? even if it happens at the wrong time, it'd be something.
lasermole
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Hi all,
Just got a LT last week, and liking it so far. Though my plan for it requires it be placed in a remote location I can't get into without some effort.
That said I want to use cron to reboot the LT on a time schedule, either a specific time say 1AM EST, or after a certain amount of uptime.
I've had no luck with the entries I've made into cron so far.
ex.
0 1 * * * root reboot > /dev/null 2>&1
0 1 * * * /sbin/rebootIf anybody can help me find a working cron reboot setup I'd be so very grateful!
Thanks!
lasermole.
Cron reboot command?
in LAN Turtle
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Alright I got it working.
NTP gets an accurate time.
Though I had to edit /etc/config/system
and change it to my time zone. As referenced at openwrt wiki
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config system
option timezone 'EST5EDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0'
option hostname 'turtle'
config timeserver 'ntp'
list server '0.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'
list server '1.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'
list server '2.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'
list server '3.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'
option enabled '1'
option enable_server '0'
config led 'led_wan'
option name 'WAN'
option sysfs 'turtle:yellow:system'
option trigger 'netdev'
option dev 'eth1'
option mode 'link tx rx'
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Then I also took a page from their wiki noting how to perform automatic reboots.
So I edited my crontab to this: (will reboot automatically at 4:30AM)
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30 4 * * * sleep 70 && touch /etc/banner && reboot
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And this worked perfectly!
Hope this helps someone else too. I just can't be totally trusting of the turtle's reliability in the case of some lock up, or what not. So this will give me a chance to have it reboot nightly and re-connect if possible.
Thanks all.
lasermole