RE: how do you set your system clock from a remote time server?
Where can I get nptdate?
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-----Original Message-----
From: kmself@ix.netcom.com [mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 12:59 AM
To: Debian User List
Subject: Re: how do you set your system clock from a remote time server?
On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 10:54:03AM -0400, 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').
Adapted from my /etc/crontab:
24 4 * * * root /usr/sbin/ntpdate <timeserver> 1>/dev/null
You'll have to select a timeserver for your system, RTFM. You may also
want to modify the time specs at which the script runs (my own system
syncs four times daily).
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