There is a command-line option for chronyd which runs once, sets the time and exits.
# chronyd -q
I run chrony as a daemon on all my systems. One system is a server to everything else that is internal. The server is the only one that goes outside. It works well. The initial setup is basically a one-time deal. After that it can be pretty much ignored.
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Bill Gee
On Wednesday, December 2, 2020 1:17:04 PM CST Jerry Geis wrote:
> So ntpdate is no longer present past CentOS 7.
>
> Many times people want "internal" NTP servers - not opening firewalls to
> allow external pool.ntp.org kind of stuff.
>
> ntpdate was "nice" in that I could just run once a day as "ntpdate name"
> and all good. Is there a similar client for CentOS 8 ? I saw chrony - but
> does not seem to be a command line command and I would also have to edit a
> file - Both are not desirable.
>
> Just looking for a simple - flexible command like I have been using
> "ntpdate name" for CentOS 8.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry
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