On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:06:17 -0700
Roy <[email protected]> wrote:

> James Peel wrote:
> >   
> >> Actually, according to VMware the best way to keep time synchronized  
> >> is via ntp according to:
> >> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006427
> >>     
> >
> >
> > Ok, we should change our recommendation on that basis :)
> >
> > I'll update our VM documentation and we'll include NTP as standard in  
> > the next VM release.
> >
> > --
> > James
> >   
> A full NTP server is probably a bit of overkill and well as adding a bit 
> of insecurity.  For most servers, I just add a cronjob that once an hour 
> uses ntpdate

... if you want to go this way then this works on the appliance:

apt-get install ntpdate


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