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Adjusting Cron Jobs ?

I am trying to edit this cron job to execuit every 30 days because I am getting to many alurts evey 8 hrs from what it is showing me

0 8,20 * * * /root/rkhunter.sh

now I tried
crontab -e

Then I went to that line and put
0 0,30 * * * /root/rkhunter.sh

When I went to save it gave me the below error

"/tmp/crontab.XXXXdksuZh":3: bad hour
errors in crontab file, can't install.
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clear                                                          root@server [~]# crontab -l
0 4 * * * /usr/sbin/cxs --upgrade --quiet
0 8,20 * * * /root/chkrootkit.sh | grep -v .packlist
0 8,20 * * * /root/rkhunter.sh

0 1 * * * /root/mysql.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
8,23,38,53 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/dnsqueue > /dev/null 2>&1
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/dcpumon >/dev/null 2>&1
2,58 * * * * /usr/local/bandmin/bandmin
0 0 * * * /usr/local/bandmin/ipaddrmap
26 3 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/cpaddons_report.pl --notify
36 6 * * * cd /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/fantastico/scripts/ ; /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1


10 7 * * * cd /usr/local/assp;perl /usr/local/assp/rebuildspamdb.pl
MAILTO=""
*/59 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/ex_localdomains.php clean_logs=yes daniolo=yes
*/3 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/update_email.php
*/3 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/status.php long=1 daniolo=yes
*/4 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/spam_cronjob.php high=7
10 8 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/clear_spambox.php sday=3 sp=yes limitspace=10000 remdays=1
*/20 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/find_abusers.php sw=7 sc=8 er=13 lm=13 dc=8 rl=20 dn=1 on=1
*/27 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/find_abusers.php show=2 sc=2 dm=file er=6 lm=4 dc=2 on=1
0 9 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/signatures.php
2 */6 * * * /usr/sbin/exiqgrep -o 16800 -i | /usr/bin/xargs /usr/sbin/exim -Mrm
MAILTO=""
30 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /scripts/update_db_cache && /scripts/update_db_cache
45 */8 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/bin/optimizefs && /usr/local/cpanel/bin/optimizefs
0 1 * * * /scripts/cpbackup
35 * * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check && /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check
30 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/mysqluserstore >/dev/null 2>&1
15 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/dbindex >/dev/null 2>&1
11 4 * * * /usr/bin/freshclam --quiet --no-warnings
0 5 * * * /scripts/upcp
0 6 * * * /scripts/exim_tidydb > /dev/null 2>&1
root@server [~]#

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Member_2_4942450

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Thanks .. I will give it a try in a few something just came up.

omarfarid

30 is an invalid hour. you need to play with the next filed which is for days of the month

Member_2_4942450

ASKER

I put everything to just * for this line below and I am still getting cron reports

as follows how can I disable these too many

[ Rootkit Hunter version 1.3.8 ]

Checking rkhunter data files...
Checking file mirrors.dat [ No update ]
Checking file programs_bad.dat [ No update ]
Checking file backdoorports.dat [ No update ]
Checking file suspscan.dat [ No update ]
Checking file i18n/cn [ No update ]
Checking file i18n/de [ No update ]
Checking file i18n/en [ No update ]
Checking file i18n/zh [ No update ]
Checking file i18n/zh.utf8 [ No update ]
[ Rootkit Hunter version 1.3.8 ]
File updated: searched for 164 files, found 141
Warning: The SSH configuration option 'PermitRootLogin' has not been set.
The default value may be 'yes', to allow root access.
Warning: Hidden directory found: /dev/.udev
Warning: Hidden file found: /etc/.logrotate.conf.swp: data
Warning: Hidden file found: /usr/bin/.ssh.hmac: ASCII text
Warning: Hidden file found: /usr/bin/.fipscheck.hmac: ASCII text
Warning: Hidden file found: /usr/sbin/.sshd.hmac: ASCII text

0 8,20 * * * /root/rkhunter.sh

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Member_2_4942450

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0 20 2 * * /root/chkrootkit.sh | grep -v .packlist
0 20 2 * * /root/rkhunter.sh

Now I have this and its running over and over and over doesn't seem to stop

simon3270

The ones above (in ID:34951846) should be fine - both will run the script at 8pm on the second of the month.

If you have
* * * * * /root/rkhunter.sh
it will run every minute.

simon3270

Have you left old rkhunter lines in your crontab?

Member_2_4942450

ASKER

No left over lines in my crontab.

***** that explains it
Didn't know * meant every min

So you would say the best way would be commit it out if I don't want to use it right?

Thanks

simon3270

Commenting out with # would be fine - I do that if I have an entry I don't want now, but may want again later.