Aargh, think I cocked up my last reply... ignore that, and copy this :-) -s isn't for specifying a file of NTP servers; it's to make it log to syslog instead of standard output. Script for running ntpdate when connecting: #!/bin/bash . /etc/default/ntp-servers test -n "$NTPSERVERS" || exit 0 echo -n "Running ntpdate to synchronise clock" /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u -b -s $NTPSERVERS echo "." exit 0 Contents of /etc/default/ntp-servers: NTPSERVERS="time-server.ndo.com" -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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