NTP Synchronization
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NTP Synchronization

#Note It is possible that sometimes you need to use the host domain (e.g. sizzle.htb)

NTPDATE

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ntpdate 10.10.11.102

RDATE

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rdate -n 10.10.11.102

DATE

It is also possible to set the date “manually” extracting the date from a web server “Date” header:

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date -s "$(curl -s -k -I https://www.windcorp.htb | grep date | cut -d " " -f2- | tr -d ',')"

Alternative DATE

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# Move the timezone to GMT or the same zone than the AD:
timedatectl set-timezone 'GMT'
# Get and synchronize the hour in real time:
date -s "$(curl -s -k -I https://www.windcorp.htb | grep date | cut -d " " -f2- | tr -d ',')"

Fri Feb  3 10:57:56 AM GMT 2023
# Be sure that it is indeed working:
curl -s -k -I https://www.windcorp.htb | grep date | cut -d " " -f2- | tr -d ','            

Fri 03 Feb 2023 10:57:59 GMT

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