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How to Create Cron Job to Adjust Time Through Linux NTP Server

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Create Cron Job to Adjust Time Through Linux NTP Server In Linux base operating system daemon "Cron" is used to schedule the task automatically. Cron is also known as "Cron Job". In more simple words Cron is a tool to run a job and all of the jobs have to create in Crontab file. Crontab is a combination of Cron and Table (Cron+Table). Every users can create its own "Cron Jobs" to run the task automatically. Administrative user "root" can restrict to the other users to create "Cron Jobs", means if Administrative user "root" add other user in below mention file then user unable to create Cron Jobs.  /etc/cron.deny Cron Job is used to automate the process like synchronization of files, email message forwarding, automatic updates, run a specific task means adjust time with Linux NTP Server , data backup and many more. Here we are creating a Cron Job to adjust time through CentOS Linux NTP Server in Oracle Linux 6.5 client machin...