How to specify Network Time Protocol Server in Kickstart script?

EStester · 03-04-2005, 10:04 AM

We need to set NTP server for each host we install using kickstart script. However, we did not see a field that allow us to specify NTP server address. Any ideas?

Thanks.

edcutis · 03-06-2005, 07:19 AM

If you have SAMBA running on the server, and have 'time server = yes" in the .conf file, then a simple line added to the script will do the trick

net time \\servername /set /y (substitute your real server name here)

This will sync all your windows clients to the time server every time they login.

EStester · 03-08-2005, 10:35 AM

Thank you very much for the help.

Currently we don't have samba server running. Is there any other ways, for instance, using NFS?

stevie_velvet · 03-26-2005, 01:46 PM

In your finish section of ks.cfg :
...cp /mnt/temp/scripts/ntp.conf /etc/ntp.conf ...
ensure as edcutis, ensure that NTP is enabled & the PC should sync on \init