Red Hat Configuration HOWTOs

# chkconfig --list ntpd
ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
# ntpdate -u ntp5.someserver.etc
9 Dec 15:15:15 ntpdate[12345]: step time server 123.123.123.123 offset 7.879896 sec
# chkconfig --level 345 ntpd on


# vi /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate.cron
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#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/ntpdate 210.173.160.27
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# chmod 755 /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate.cron