diff -Nur e-smith-ntp-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/ntp.conf/30driftfile e-smith-ntp-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/ntp.conf/30driftfile
--- e-smith-ntp-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/ntp.conf/30driftfile	2005-06-23 19:19:22.000000000 -0400
+++ e-smith-ntp-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/ntp.conf/30driftfile	2020-11-26 22:54:12.666000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    $OUT = "driftfile /etc/ntp/drift";
+    $OUT = "driftfile /var/lib/drift";
 }
diff -Nur e-smith-ntp-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/50koozali.conf/40service e-smith-ntp-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/50koozali.conf/40service
--- e-smith-ntp-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/50koozali.conf/40service	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-ntp-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/50koozali.conf/40service	2020-11-26 22:56:27.760000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[Service]
+{
+   # memory limit to catch any memory leak before it kills the system
+   use constant MIN_MEMORY_LIMIT => 35000000;
+
+   # If there is a memory limit in the database and it is below the minimum, delete it.
+   if (defined $ntpd{MemLimit} && $ntpd{MemLimit} < MIN_MEMORY_LIMIT)
+   {
+      $DB->get_prop_and_delete('ntpd','MemLimit');
+      delete $ntpd{MemLimit};
+   }
+
+    $OUT .= "MemoryLimit=";
+    $OUT .= $ntpd{MemLimit} || MIN_MEMORY_LIMIT;
+    $OUT .= "\n";
+
+}
+ExecStartPre=-/sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/ntp.conf
+ExecStartPre=-/sbin/e-smith/systemd/initializedate
+
diff -Nur e-smith-ntp-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/50koozali.conf/50MemoryLimit e-smith-ntp-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/50koozali.conf/50MemoryLimit
--- e-smith-ntp-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/50koozali.conf/50MemoryLimit	2020-11-26 21:25:12.992000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-ntp-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/50koozali.conf/50MemoryLimit	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-   # memory limit to catch any memory leak before it kills the system
-   use constant MIN_MEMORY_LIMIT => 35000000; 
-   
-   # If there is a memory limit in the database and it is below the minimum, delete it. 
-   if (defined $ntpd{MemLimit} && $ntpd{MemLimit} < MIN_MEMORY_LIMIT)
-   {
-      $DB->get_prop_and_delete('ntpd','MemLimit');
-      delete $ntpd{MemLimit};
-   }
-
-    $OUT = "[Service]\n";
-    $OUT .= "MemoryLimit=";
-    $OUT .= $ntpd{MemLimit} || MIN_MEMORY_LIMIT;
-    $OUT .= "\n";
-
-}
-
diff -Nur e-smith-ntp-2.6.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/initializedate e-smith-ntp-2.6.0/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/initializedate
--- e-smith-ntp-2.6.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/initializedate	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-ntp-2.6.0/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/initializedate	2020-11-26 23:10:27.667000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#first move old drift file if in the way
+OLDFILE='/etc/ntp/drift'
+NEWFILE='/var/lib/ntp/drift'
+if [ -f "$NEWFILE" ]; then
+        if [ -f "$OLDFILE" ];then
+                /usr/bin/rm -f $OLDFILE
+        fi
+else
+        if [ -f "$OLDFILE" ];then
+                /usr/bin/mv $OLDFILE  $NEWFILE
+        fi
+fi
+/usr/bin/chown ntp:ntp $NEWFILE
+
+# Run ntpdate so we're not way off on startup.
+ntpstep=/etc/ntp/step-tickers
+tickers=`/bin/sed -e 's/\#.*$//g' $ntpstep`
+/usr/sbin/ntpdate -b -p 8 $tickers