diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/rdiff-backup mezzanine_patched_smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/rdiff-backup
--- smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/rdiff-backup	2006-05-18 14:47:50.579390556 +1000
+++ mezzanine_patched_smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/rdiff-backup	1970-01-01 10:00:00.000000000 +1000
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-    my $backup_path = $DB->get_prop_and_delete('rdiff-backup', 'BackupPath');
-
-    return unless $backup_path;
-
-    $DB->set_prop('rdiff-backup', 'LocalPath', $backup_path);
-}
diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/rdiff-backup-path mezzanine_patched_smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/rdiff-backup-path
--- smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/rdiff-backup-path	1970-01-01 10:00:00.000000000 +1000
+++ mezzanine_patched_smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/rdiff-backup-path	2006-05-18 14:35:04.150506143 +1000
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    my $backup_path = $DB->get_prop_and_delete('rdiff-backup', 'BackupPath');
+
+    return unless $backup_path;
+
+    $DB->set_prop('rdiff-backup', 'LocalPath', $backup_path);
+}
diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/rdiff-backup-time mezzanine_patched_smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/rdiff-backup-time
--- smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/rdiff-backup-time	1970-01-01 10:00:00.000000000 +1000
+++ mezzanine_patched_smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/rdiff-backup-time	2006-05-18 14:44:53.971061685 +1000
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    my $rdiff_rec = $DB->get('rdiff-backup')
+        || $DB->new_record('rdiff-backup', {type => 'service'});
+
+    my %props = $rdiff_rec->props();
+
+    $props{Hour}   ||= int(rand(7));    # Early in the morning
+    $props{Minute} ||= int(rand(60));
+
+    $rdiff_rec->merge_props(%props);
+}
diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/rdiff-backup mezzanine_patched_smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/rdiff-backup
--- smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/rdiff-backup	2006-04-25 22:52:41.000000000 +1000
+++ mezzanine_patched_smeserver-rdiff-backup-0.0.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/rdiff-backup	2006-05-18 14:47:02.654713359 +1000
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
     return "# rdiff-backup disabled" 
         unless ${'rdiff-backup'}{status} eq 'enabled';
 
-    return '5 1 * * * root /sbin/e-smith/do_rdiff-backup';
+    my $hour   = ${'rdiff-backup'}{Hour}   || 1;
+    my $minute = ${'rdiff-backup'}{Minute} || 5;
+
+    return "$minute $hour * * * root /sbin/e-smith/do_rdiff-backup";
 }