From 21f41727f3cb21ec255b428d22403641981da864 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 13:13:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] boiled down to one command currently working on ubuntu for time synch of client, so leaving it like this. --- infobase/configuration/cron/time_synch.crontab | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/infobase/configuration/cron/time_synch.crontab b/infobase/configuration/cron/time_synch.crontab index 77e41d5c..f5927062 100644 --- a/infobase/configuration/cron/time_synch.crontab +++ b/infobase/configuration/cron/time_synch.crontab @@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ #[time synch] # standard to synch to local machine. -#0,4,8,12,16,20,24,28,32,36,40,44,48,52,56 * * * * /usr/sbin/sntp -P no -r greendragon &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-time_synch.log -#or -0,4,8,12,16,20,24,28,32,36,40,44,48,52,56 * * * * /usr/bin/rdate -s -n greendragon &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-time_synch.log -# -n is nntp which may not work with govt servers. + +############## + +# synchronize time/date with our nearest time server. +*/4 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate greendragon &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-time_synch.log + +############## # one machine on the network uses this version, to synch externally. -#0 0,4,8,12,16,20 * * * /usr/sbin/sntp -P no -r time.nist.gov &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-time_synch.log -#or 0 0,4,8,12,16,20 * * * /usr/bin/rdate -s time.nist.gov &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-time_synch.log +#hmmm: is above still correct? -- 2.34.1