On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Jerry Kreps wrote: jk> I installed xntpd and then put jk> ntpdate npt2.kansas.net jk> in a #!/bin/bash script that I put in /etc/crondaily to keep the clock jk> current. jk> JLK jk> Yeah, that'll work to, but what if the ntp site goes down, you then have to rely on your internal clock. I do the same thing as you describe, but I don't rely on it as full proof. But that is anothe way to do it. :) jk> jk> On Sunday 29 October 2000 11:20, S.Toms wrote: jk> > On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, [iso-8859-1] Álvaro A. Novo wrote: jk> > jk> > an> On Saturday 28 October 2000 20:15, Landy Roman wrote: jk> > an> > is linux going to adjust clock for est tonight a la windows:-) i jk> > mean as an> > expected jk> > an> jk> > an> If your machine clock is set to GMT (regardless of your location), I jk> > believe, an> that the answer is yes. Otherwise, I don't think it will... jk> > an> jk> > jk> > Correct, if your machine is not set to GMT then your clock will not self jk> > adjust for daylight savings. You need to set your bios clock to GMT then jk> > pick the appropriate timezone for your area. When it asks (yast) if your jk> > system is set to GMT then answer yes. This will require a restart or jk> > possibly changing to runlevel S. jk> > I usually just do a restart to make sure it works if power ever goes jk> > out. jk> > jk> > an> Alvaro Novo jk> > an> SuSE 6.4 jk> > an> Kernel 2.2.16 jk> > an> KDE 2.0 RC2 jk> > an> jk> > an> jk> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v7.0+ - Kernel 2.2.17 Hanson's Treatment of Time: There are never enough hours in a day, but always too many days before Saturday. -- 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/faq