Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Tuesday, 2008-11-11 at 21:00 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Thanx, Ken. I found the answer on Google, which I should have looked at first. However, the site www.cpqlinux.com/ntp.html gives a procedure for accessing NTP time servers, which, when I try to follow the directions, produces "permission denied". I am in su /root. Any assistance, please?
Forget what google says, and do what SuSE said.
Simply run "rcntp start" after configuring /etc/ntp.conf.
-- Cheers.
True, But your sys clock has to be fairly close to the correct time or ntp will puke. If you tried to set time with ntp when the time was too far off, you may need to delete your /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift file, get the clock close, and then restart ntpd. (don't worry, the drift file will be recreated for you) Also, you will want to edit /etc/ntp.conf (maybe /etc/xntp.conf in 9.3) and add a few time servers that are reasonably close to you. Add the lines here: ## ## Outside source of synchronized time ## ## server xx.xx.xx.xx # IP address of server server ntppub.tamu.edu server 129.119.80.126 server 207.55.146.19 You can check the following for server IP/hostnames: http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome (describes the process) http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/StratumTwoTimeServers http://tf.nist.gov/service/time-servers.html -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org