-34 */2 * * * root if [ -x /usr/bin/puppet ]; then sleep $(( $RANDOM \% 3600 )); if [ -x /usr/bin/timeout ]; then TO="timeout --kill-after=900 3000"; else TO=""; fi; tmp="$(tempfile)"; egrep -v '^(#|$)' /etc/dsa/cron.ignore.dsa-puppet-stuff > "$tmp" && $TO /usr/bin/puppet agent --onetime --no-daemonize 2>&1 | egrep --text -v -f "$tmp"; rm -f "$tmp"; fi
+# run every 90 minutes
+34 */3 * * * root if [ -x /usr/bin/puppet ]; then sleep $(( $RANDOM \% 2200 )); if [ -x /usr/bin/timeout ]; then TO="timeout --kill-after=900 2000"; else TO=""; fi; tmp="$(tempfile)"; egrep -v '^(#|$)' /etc/dsa/cron.ignore.dsa-puppet-stuff > "$tmp" && $TO /usr/bin/puppet agent --onetime --no-daemonize 2>&1 | egrep --text -v -f "$tmp"; rm -f "$tmp"; fi
+4 1-23/3 * * * root if [ -x /usr/bin/puppet ]; then sleep $(( $RANDOM \% 2200 )); if [ -x /usr/bin/timeout ]; then TO="timeout --kill-after=900 2000"; else TO=""; fi; tmp="$(tempfile)"; egrep -v '^(#|$)' /etc/dsa/cron.ignore.dsa-puppet-stuff > "$tmp" && $TO /usr/bin/puppet agent --onetime --no-daemonize 2>&1 | egrep --text -v -f "$tmp"; rm -f "$tmp"; fi