How can I make a cronjob for UNBOUND to download “r00t” hints every month on the 12th?
This cronjob for UNBOUND should be stored permanently.
/usr/bin/curl -v -o /var/lib/unbound/secret.hints https://www.internic.net/domain/named.cache
read about crontab -e
0 0 12 0 0 (12th day of every month)
thanks for that! 
I want: on every 12th day on every month at 6:30 pm.
How to add permanently? in /etc/crontab?
sure, do it as root.
done, but the “cronjob” I’ve set won’t execute.
…I’ve done:
sudo su
cronjob -e
put in:
59 18 7 * * root /usr/bin/curl -v -o /var/lib/unbound/root.hints https://www.internic.net/domain/named.cache
18:59 should be in pm format (german time).
or is that right?
59 6 7 * *
6pm… (18)
today is 7th.
I’ve tested it and my command is not executed.
When I run it alone, then it works.
service cron status = running
cron uses 24 hour (0-23) format.
As root, I edited the system-wide /etc/crontab, I added the 5th line: (make sure the last line is #) I asked it to run on the 7th day of the month, at 13:40 see output of syslog. Also see file it created.
40 13 7 * * root curl -o /var/lib/unbound/root.hints https://www.internic.net/domain/named.cache
output from /var/log/syslog
Nov 7 13:40:01 bionic CRON[26232]: (root) CMD ( curl -o /var/lib/unbound/root.hints https://www.internic.net/domain/named.cache)
Nov 7 13:40:03 bionic CRON[26231]: (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output)
ls -l /var/lib/unbound/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3315 Nov 7 13:40 root.hints
HTH
what do you mean with I added the 5th line: (make sure the last line is #) I asked it to run on the 7th day of the month, at 13:40 see output of syslog. Also see file it created?
(make sure the last line is #) ?
40 13 7 * * root curl -o /var/lib/unbound/root.hints https://www.internic.net/domain/named.cache
#?
crontab requires the last line of the /etc/crontab to be a blank line (I added the pound symbol).
ok, thanks, now its working 