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Re: how do you set your system clock from a remote time server?



Netstd is dead: there were issues with conflicting copyrights IIRC.  rdate
is in its own package ATM. 

On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Pann McCuaig wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 10:54, Maury Merkin wrote:
> > I saw, just a few days ago, a post with a command to get the current
> > time and reset the system clock.
> > 
> > I didn't pay much attention then 'cause I thought the script I used to
> > use with RH would work.  They don't.  (No 'rdate' and no 'clock').
> 
> $ dpkg -S rdate
> netstd: /usr/man/man8/rdate.8.gz
> netstd: /usr/sbin/rdate
> 
> $ dpkg -S hwclock
> sysvinit: /usr/doc/sysvinit/examples/hwclock.sh
> util-linux: /sbin/hwclock
> util-linux: /usr/man/man8/hwclock.8.gz
> util-linux: /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh
> 
> $ cat /root/bin/setclock.sh
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/sbin/rdate -s time.nist.gov
> /sbin/hwclock --systohc
> 
> So, you need to have the netstd and util-linux packages installed, and
> use hwclock (as of libc6) instead of clock. No worries!
> 
> Luck,
> Pann
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