# sntp cron job **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Configure-Administer\ **Created:** [May 17, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sntp-cron-job/23976 "2013-05-17T17:02:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![khill1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@khill1963](https://forums.suse.com/u/khill1963)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sntp-cron-job/23976/1 "2013-05-17T17:02:15Z")
ok so i want to schedule a cron job to keep my server in the correct time. i run the following command from a command prompt and it works. sntp -v -P no -r [nist.time.nosc.us](http://nist.time.nosc.us) \> /home/tester/time.log 2\>&1 and get the followign output to me log file sntp options: a=2 v=1 e=0.100 E=5.000 P=2147483647.000 d=15 c=5 x=0 op=1 l=/etc/sntp.pid f= [nist.time.nosc.us](http://nist.time.nosc.us) sntp: time changed by 2.751 secs to 2013 May 17 08:52:48.049 +/- 0.010+0.037 I then run schedule a cron job by opening up a cron tab by using crontab -u root -e and enter the following 30 19 \* \* \* sntp -v -P no -r [nist.time.nosc.us](http://nist.time.nosc.us) \> /home/tester/time.log 2\>&1 When i do that i get the following /bin/sh: sntp: command not found So what am i doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Jens-U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jens-U](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jens-U)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sntp-cron-job/23976/2 "2013-05-17T17:12:28Z")
Hi khill1963, > /bin/sh: sntp: command not found > > So what am i doing wrong? cron jobs run with a very limited set of environment variables… including PATH. How about explicitly adding the path to the binary to the command? ```auto 30 19 * * * /usr/sbin/sntp -v -P no -r nist.time.nosc.us > /home/tester/time.log 2>&1 ``` As a side note… while it will work as long as the time drift isn’t too bad, running a time update command via a time-based service sounds strange (I’ve done it, too :D). How about simply setting up ntpd to do the job? Regards, Jens