NTP client configuration
How to enable or disable NTP client on Windows.
<package id="ntp-client" name="NTP time synchronization" revision="1" priority="999" reboot="false" execute="once">
<install cmd='cmd /c sc config w32time start= auto' />
<install cmd='cmd /c net time /setsntp:192.168.0.1' />
<install cmd='cmd /c net time \\192.168.0.1 /set /yes' />
<install cmd='cmd /c net stop w32time & net start w32time' />
<install cmd='cmd /c w32tm /resync /nowait' />
<remove cmd='cmd /c net time /setsntp:time.windows.com' />
<remove cmd='cmd /c net stop w32time & net start w32time' />
<remove cmd='cmd /c w32tm /resync /nowait' />
</package>
Note: You must use & in place of & within cmd variable expressions of the package.xml file else you get the error: "Whitespace is not allowed at this location."
or:
<package
id="ntp-client"
name="ntp client configuration"
revision="1"
reboot="false"
priority="1"
execute="once">
<install cmd="%SOFTWARE%\ntp\install.bat" />
<upgrade cmd="%SOFTWARE%\ntp\install.bat" />
<remove cmd="%SOFTWARE%\ntp\uninstall.bat" />
</package>
install.bat:
sc config w32time start= auto
net time /setsntp:192.168.0.100
net stop w32time & net start w32time
w32tm /resync /nowait
uninstall.bat:
net time /setsntp:time.windows.com
net stop w32time & net start w32time
w32tm /resync /nowait