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The easiest way I have found to set the time is to use ntp. Put the following lines in your /etc/ntp.conf file: server ntp.cc.utexas.edu server ntp2.cs.utexas.edu server timex.peachnet.edu I don't know where you are at, but you can probably google for some ntp servers closer to your area. These servers should get you close enough for government work. Finally, start ntp with: /etc/init.d/xntpd start And you can make it start every time you boot the machine with: insserv xntpd ntp will check that the clock is in sync every few minutes, and it will set the hardware clock at boot and shutdown. hth, -- Michael Stone Linux / High Performance Computing Administrator The University of Texas at Austin Mechanical Engineering Department ETC 3.130 ph: 471.5951 agentsmith[at]mail.utexas.edu http://hpc.me.utexas.edu On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, William Westfall wrote:
My time and date are totally screwed up. When I try and use YaST it comes up with an error.
Is there a bash command to force a time date change upon the system?
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