--- /dev/null
+# Make sure that our clock stays more or less within sync
+# The clock-sync script automatically adjusts if it is run on a Xen domU
+
+0 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/clock-sync.sh
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# 2014/04/10 Lisa
+# Modified this script to use the usn pool from pool.ntp.org. More
+# Info on this can be found at the project page: http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/us
+
+if [ -d /proc/sys/xen ]; then
+ echo 1 > /proc/sys/xen/independent_wallclock;
+fi
+
+servers='0.us.pool.ntp.org 1.us.pool.ntp.org 2.us.pool.ntp.org 3.us.pool.ntp.org'
+
+
+/usr/sbin/ntpdate $servers >/dev/null 2>&1
+rc="$?"
+
+if [ $rc -ne 0 ] ; then
+ /usr/sbin/ntpdate $servers 2>&1 \
+ | grep -q ': the NTP socket is in use, exiting$'
+if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+ exit 0 # machine is running NTP daemon
+fi
+ for backoff in 15 30 60 300 ; do
+ sleep $backoff
+ /usr/sbin/ntpdate $servers >/dev/null 2>&1
+ rc="$?"
+ [ $rc -eq 0 ] && break
+ done
+fi
+
+if [ $rc -ne 0 ] ; then
+ echo "ntpdate failed, trying again"
+ # try again, and be verbose
+ date
+ ping -c 3 $servers
+ /usr/sbin/ntpdate $servers 2>&1
+ if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+ # DNS failure?
+ sleep 300
+ date
+ ping -c 3 $servers
+ /usr/sbin/ntpdate $server 2>&1
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+ exit
+ fi
+ fi
+ fi
+
+if [ -e /dev/rtc ]; then
+ /sbin/hwclock -w
+fi