#1739 PR merged: 430 prepare timesync.sh chronyd support

Labels: enhancement, fixed / solved / done

N3WWN opened issue at 2018-02-26 21:25:

Pull Request Details:

  • Type: Enhancement

  • Impact: Low

  • Reference to related issue (URL):

#1622 and #1623

  • How was this pull request tested?

Created CentOS 6 (init-based) and CentOS 7 (systemd-based) VMs in Virtualbox and tested rescue ISOs for all 4 TIMESYNC options on both systems.

  • Brief description of the changes in this pull request:

Added chrony support so that newer systems that ship with chrony vs ntp, like RHEL/CentOS 7, are able to sync system time during rescue/restore.

430_prepare_timesync.sh will also not update ROOTFS_DIR/etc/inittab if the system is systemd-based.

While I was here, I updated the options for rdate to include -l (use syslog) and -p (print remote system time) so that rdate output is as close to the other 3 TIMESYNC options.

gdha commented at 2018-02-27 08:16:

@N3WWN Nice job - thank you sir.

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