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Post subject: Sync system's time
 Posted: May 17, 2008 - 01:41 PM
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I've been using fix-time to sync my computers' time, but I was getting tired of pressing ENTER twice when dpkg-reconfigure tzdata asks me what time zone I wanted. I've cut some stuff from sidux's fix-time script
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#!/bin/bash
# Updates the system's clock once the time zone has been set previously
# Servers can be found at:
# http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/@
NTPSERVER="0.us.pool.ntp.org 1.us.pool.ntp.org 2.us.pool.ntp.org 3.us.pool.ntp.org"
# sync with time servers
for i in $NTPSERVER; do
if ntpdate -u -b "$i"; then
hwclock --systohc
break
fi
done
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Post subject: RE: Sync system
Posted: May 17, 2008 - 01:47 PM
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Joined: Nov 25, 2006
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Why?
ntpdate is called by ifup.d --> for those who shut down their systems at night once a day (at each reboot, when the network interface goes up).
Only servers (:= as system running around the clock with months of uptime) would need regular ntp syncs, what about adding a call to /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian to cron.daily? |
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Post subject: RE: Sync system
Posted: May 17, 2008 - 01:57 PM
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You've nailed one more time. Yes, the script is needed for a server. I'll add ntpdate-debian to cron.daily
Thank you |
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