--- doc/loncapafiles/ntpcheck.piml	2018/06/11 03:53:08	1.32
+++ doc/loncapafiles/ntpcheck.piml	2018/06/19 12:26:32	1.33
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <!-- ntpcheck.piml -->
 <!-- Matthew Hall -->
 
-<!-- $Id: ntpcheck.piml,v 1.32 2018/06/11 03:53:08 raeburn Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: ntpcheck.piml,v 1.33 2018/06/19 12:26:32 raeburn Exp $ -->
 
 <!--
 
@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@ if (('<DIST />' eq 'fedora15')    || ('<
     ('<DIST />' eq 'fedora25')    || ('<DIST />' eq 'fedora26') ||
     ('<DIST />' eq 'fedora27')    || ('<DIST />' eq 'fedora28') ||
     ('<DIST />' eq 'centos7')     || ('<DIST />' eq 'rhes7')    ||
-    ('<DIST />' eq 'scientific7') || ('<DIST />' eq 'sles12')) {
+    ('<DIST />' eq 'scientific7') || ('<DIST />' eq 'sles12')   ||
+    ('<DIST />' eq 'ubuntu18')) {
     $NTPD = 'ntpd';
-    $startntpcmd = 'systemctl start ntpd.service';
-    if (!-e '/usr/sbin/ntpd') {
+    if ('<DIST />' eq 'ubuntu18') {
+        $NTPD = 'ntp'; 
+    }
+    $startntpcmd = "systemctl start $NTPD.service";
+    if (!-e "/usr/sbin/$NTPD") {
         print "ntp is not installed.\n";
         exit;
     }
@@ -92,9 +96,10 @@ if (('<DIST />' eq 'fedora15')    || ('<
     ('<DIST />' eq 'fedora25')    || ('<DIST />' eq 'fedora26') ||
     ('<DIST />' eq 'fedora27')    || ('<DIST />' eq 'fedora28') ||
     ('<DIST />' eq 'centos7')     || ('<DIST />' eq 'rhes7')    ||
-    ('<DIST />' eq 'scientific7') || ('<DIST />' eq 'sles12')) {
-    if (!-l "/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ntpd.service") {  
-        print "**** WARNING: ntpd is not configured to run at boot.  To correct this run:\nsystemctl enable ntpd.service\n";
+    ('<DIST />' eq 'scientific7') || ('<DIST />' eq 'sles12') ||
+    ('<DIST />' eq 'ubuntu18')) {
+    if (!-l "/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/$NTPD.service") {  
+        print "**** WARNING: $NTPD is not configured to run at boot.  To correct this run:\nsystemctl enable $NTPD.service\n";
     }
     exit;
 } else {