Is there a utility which gets on the Internet, selects a timeserver, and updates the system clock from it? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Tim Hanson wrote:
Is there a utility which gets on the Internet, selects a timeserver, and updates the system clock from it?
It's in the networking section of files on the cd set. It's called xntp. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
zentara wrote:
Tim Hanson wrote:
Is there a utility which gets on the Internet, selects a timeserver, and updates the system clock from it?
It's in the networking section of files on the cd set. It's called xntp.
I have this in /root/bin/cron.daily.local: #!/bin/bash /usr/sbin/ntpdate clock.isc.org > /dev/null hwclock --systohc It gets the time, then updates the BIOS clock, too. One of my machines loses five seconds per day, which over time, really adds up. -- George Toft http://gtoft.dynip.com Hawaii Pacific University MSIS Graduate Student "Investigating the Effects of Organization Size, Industry, and Workgroup Size on Server Administration Costs and Downtime." -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On 31-Oct-99 Tim Hanson wrote:
Is there a utility which gets on the Internet, selects a timeserver, and updates the system clock from it?
-- Try xntp. What I do is merely use ntpdate, as follows.
ntpdate {timeserver-server IP or address}
clock -w (to store the correction to the CMOS clock)
And it must be done as root.
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Arlen Carlson
Hello
Try xntp. What I do is merely use ntpdate, as follows.
I've read the docs and not understood them. How do I set up xntp for a dialup box with SuSE 6.2 ? Thanks Richard http://www.sheflug.co.uk Richard Sheffield UK -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Richard wrote: r> Hello r> r> > Try xntp. What I do is merely use ntpdate, as follows. r> r> I've read the docs and not understood them. How do I set up xntp r> for a dialup box with SuSE 6.2 ? r> r> Probably the easiest way is to go into yast, and select "Change configuration file", then change the following: START_XNTPD = yes XNTPD_INITIAL_NTPDATE = <servers seperated by a space> XNTPD_KERNEL_TICK = <left blank on most systems> or you can modify the /etc/rc.config file if you feel more comfortable doing it that way. -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - New homepage coming soon SuSE Linux v6.2+ - Kernel 2.2.13 "Here at the Phone Company, we serve all kinds of people; from Presidents and Kings to the scum of the earth ..." -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hello On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Probably the easiest way is to go into yast, and select "Change configuration file", then change the following:
START_XNTPD = yes XNTPD_INITIAL_NTPDATE = <servers separated by a space> XNTPD_KERNEL_TICK = <left blank on most systems>
erm..... yes, this causes the machine to lock up for five minutes when the machine is booted :-( I've taken it out again.
"Here at the Phone Company, we serve all kinds of people; from > Presidents and Kings to the scum of the earth ..."
:-) Richard http://www.sheflug.co.uk -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On 31-Oct-99 Richard wrote:
Hello
Try xntp. What I do is merely use ntpdate, as follows.
I've read the docs and not understood them. How do I set up xntp for a dialup box with SuSE 6.2 ?
Thanks
Richard
I can understand your problem. I very briefly skimmed the docs and determined
that I didn't need all that "junk". I didn't want to become part of the Time
Servers, or even maintain time to the precise nano-second (over-exaggeration),
just simply keep my machine on time.
So I saw the ntpdate HTML file and skimmed it, and began experimentation (OK,
you might call it a guess to just use ntpdate at first). Oh yes, and I also
had to follow a link from one of HTML docs to find myself a workable Time
Server to access.
My machine is just a dialup box, that is I dial in for my Internet access.
However, if your machine is an actual Internet dial-up server, you can probably
use the same basic steps, perhaps on a daily cron, or hourly cron, or whatever
you need.
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Arlen Carlson
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