update time on five mins intervals.

Hi all,
I had in my work computer to install linux as a virtual machine in my windows host (we are not allowed for physical linux installations....).

One of the issues I have found is that when I save my linux (latest opensuse) state and the operating system comes back does not update the time. The result is unfortunately that my timestamps lags behind.

I was wondering how I can have a short script that updates every 5 mins my system time, including my kde's clock.

I would like to thank you for your reply
Regards
alex

I was wondering how I can have a short script that updates every 5 mins my system time, including my kde's clock.

You can run ntpdate through a cronjob, to update your system time:

*/5 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s 0.europe.pool.ntp.org 1> /dev/null

Of course use a ntp server that matches your location.
And read the ntpdate manpage for more options

Regards

Originally Posted by bathory You can run ntpdate through a cronjob, to update your system time: */5 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s 0.europe.pool.ntp.org 1> /dev/null Of course use a ntp server that matches your location. And read the ntpdate manpage for more options Regards

very bery good idea!!
Actually I have tried the following


date
/usr/sbin/ntpdate -s 0.europe.pool.ntp.org
date

/usr/sbin/ntpdate
/usr/sbin/ntpdate -s 0.europe.pool.ntp.org

sudo /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s 0.europe.pool.ntp.org
root's password:
date
Tue Jul 18 20:37:55 CEST 2017


even with root password my time was not updated. It is twenty minutes behind the real time... any ideas?

even with root password my time was not updated. It is twenty minutes behind the real time... any ideas?

AFAIK virtual machines are often face time sync problems. Use your favorite search engine to find out what you can do in your case.

For example see this troubleshooting guide for vmware hosts