The Saturday 2003-12-06 at 09:27 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote:

The next step is to use the YaST run level editor to turn on the ntp daemon. Click on run level properties, then scroll to the bottom for xntpd, and turn it on for run levesl 3 and 5.

But only if you have a permanent network connection. Notice that if the clock is off by some minutes, it will take hours till it synchronizes. Another note: use only stratum level two servers, not level one - unless you want to make a stratum 2 server yourself. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson

Jerry Feldman writes:

... Next you need to configure your /etc/ntp.conf ...

I'll just add that this is the recipe for SuSE Linux 8.2 and older. In 9.0, the configuration can be done via the NTP client module of YaST. -- A.M.

It tried to get the time from various servers in Germany and the Netherlands. But each time I got the message that the server cannot be reached. May have something to do with my firewall. Should I have any particular port open? Regards, Karel On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 15:27, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:39:33 -0500 Thinker wrote:

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What is ntp and where can I find more about it, like how to install it, etc.

You have peaked my curiosity. I sent this as a private message to Thinker. Since this solved his problem, he asked me to post it to the full list:

NTP is a standard Linux utility. /usr/sbin/ntpd This should already be installed on your system. If not, just install it via YaST. Next you need to configure your /etc/ntp.conf The only thing you would need to do is to add 2 server lines. I copied mine. There is a web site that has a list of public time servers. (http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html). If you are on the east coast, then the two servers, below might be ok. ## ## Outside source of synchronized time ## ## server xx.xx.xx.xx # IP address of server server 128.4.40.12 # louie.udel.edu server 130.126.24.24 # ntp-0.cso.uiuc.edu

The next step is to use the YaST run level editor to turn on the ntp daemon. Click on run level properties, then scroll to the bottom for xntpd, and turn it on for run levesl 3 and 5.

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