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How can I cause a VirtualBox VM (running Ubuntu) to run a command upon resuming its state?

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I am running a few Ubuntu VMs on a MacBook Pro host. Whenever I pause a VM or save its state to disk, the next time I restart it, the system clock goes out of sync. Is there a way for the VM to know it has just been resumed, and run a command? (for example, running as root would do the trick) I tri…

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ntpdate -u time.nist.gov

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Fix for: How can I cause a VirtualBox VM (running Ubuntu) to run a command upon resuming its state?

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For this particular use, the Guest Additions is supposed to synchronize the VM's clock automatically. (See "Time synchronization" at http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html, or if you want to customize it, http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.ht…

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