Removed deprecated calls of using ntpdate in favor of ntpd
Summary
ntpdate is slowly being depricated. STIG enhancements for RHEL 6 penalize systems that make use of ntpdate.
Owner
- Name: Michael Harris
- Email: MikeDawg@gmail.com
- Release notes owner:
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 19
- Last updated: 2013-7-8
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
ntpdate is slowly being depricated in favor of ntpd. DoD STIGs now penalize for the use of ntpdate on Red Hat Enterprise systems. I would like to "modernize" the ntpdate utility to do two things.
First, I would like to get rid of the dependency of ntpdate, in favor of ntpd.
Second, I would like to add a set time for ntpd to check for time updates (as configured by the user in /etc/sysconfig/ntpdate).
Benefit to Fedora
First and foremost, it is backing away from a dependency that is set to deprecate at some point in the future. ntpd now handles many/most of the tasks that ntpdate was once used for. I'm also adding the feature of either random time checks based on a user interval, or just checks at an interval.
Scope
- Proposal owners:
- Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Upgrade/compatibility impact
No changes will be needed for the system to function as-is. In order to incorporate a (random or not) check of time will require modification of the /etc/sysconfig/ntpdate configuration file.
How To Test
Will need to verify that ntpd correctly launches, and is able to set the time/date. Will also need to verify the random/interval check is running. This can be easily done by parsing the info out the log files.
User Experience
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Dependencies
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
Documentation
N/A (not a System Wide Change)