chrony: Point an NTP Client at Its Time Source

This host runs chrony but has no time source configured, so its clock drifts. Configure it as an NTP client. Your assignment is in /root/case/assignment.env (NTP_SERVER, CHRONY_CONF).

Edit /etc/chrony/chrony.conf so chrony:

1. Uses NTP_SERVER as a time source, with the option that makes the first sync take seconds instead of minutes — a fast burst of requests at startup rather than one probe every few minutes.

2. Records the estimated clock drift to a driftfile, so the clock is accurate immediately after a reboot instead of re-learning the drift rate every time.

Grading reads /etc/chrony/chrony.conf. On a live host you'd then systemctl restart chronyd and verify with chronyc sources. See /root/case/brief.txt.